Saturday, August 9, 2014

California!

We left for Fairfield early in the morning on July 24th. 

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We were cutting it close to closing time at the Jelly Belly factory, so we headed straight there upon arriving in Fairfield.  Both girls did a lot of running/crawling around to get their pent up wiggles during the tour.

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Grandma Elna and Benjamin met us there!  After I made everyone stand in front of this festive van.

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Elna loved reading with Grandpa.

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Elna played with these train tracks and trains for a surprising amount of time.  Hours and hours of time, with or without her “friends” (cousins).

Friday we went to the city:

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Brian was asked by his company to interview a prospective employee in their San Francisco office, so we spent the first little bit waiting for him there and meeting some of his San Francisco coworkers.

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On Saturday we went to Tilden Park:

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These cute cousins are so fun and Elna loved having them in our car.

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First we fed the cows celery.  Neither girl was interested in doing it on their own.

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Elna still talks about her “friends”—meaning, her Clark cousins.

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Harriet, Jody, and Elna

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Then we went on the merry-go-round.  The girls really loved it!

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Hattie was pretty nervous at first, but she got into it pretty quickly.

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My sister, Annie, and her baby, Jody with me and Harriet.

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Then we went on a fun little train ride.

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The whole group of us that went to Tilden Park: Annie & Lance’s family, our family, and Rebecca and her three youngest children.

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I just love these pictures I took of our girls after church on Sunday.  We took many pictures during my childhood on this little brick wall.

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I love how Hattie is sitting and how Elna is being such a protective big sister.  These two have our hearts- completely!