3 Cities, 2 Timezones, and a Cold

After a long and wonderful vacation back to the states, I sit here with a cold and sore throat.  Apparently too much travelling and good times will lead to getting sick.  But, it was well worth it.  We spent the past few weeks of November in the states visiting family and attending a friend's wedding in Maui.  We had to pack for 3 different climates, and took several plane and car trips, but we had a great time.

Our trip started with a few days in Los Altos, visiting my parents. We got to eat delicious Chinese food at Chef Chu's, one of our family's favorite places to go. Then I got to spend all day Thursday with my mom, running errands and catching up with each other, while Travers went to a conference in Santa Clara. Friday was spent shopping and having lunch with my bf Katy at the Stanford Shopping Center. We celebrated her birthday (two weeks early) and caught up on things as this was going to be one of our only times to see each other during this trip.

By Friday afternoon, Travers and I were already leaving Los Altos, and heading for San Luis Obispo to see our brand new baby niece, Kelsea.  This is my sister-in-law, Suzy's, and her husband, Tim's, first baby, and she is the cutest baby I have ever seen.

We got down to SLO Friday night (thanks Bryn for loaning us your car!). We went straight over to Suzy and Tim's as we couldn't wait to meet our niece.  Immediately, Suzy put Travers to work, by teaching him how to change a diaper. And we spent the next few hours passing her around so each of us could have a turn at holding her. She is so tiny, and so cute. Of course, Suzy has her in the most adorable outfits.

Saturday was spent at their house just playing with the baby and catching up with Suzy and Tim. We had a delicious brunch, then headed out downtown to take a stroll with the baby.  We then got some ingredients from the grocery store, and made our yummy chili at the house for dinner.  It was such a relaxing weekend and so good to spend some quality time with them.

Sunday, we spent watching fooball and saying our goodbyes, but thankfully we were going to see them again a week later so we weren't too sad just yet.

We drove back up to Los Altos and cooked dinner for my parents, spaghetti and homemade meatballs. Yumm! Apparently I made enough meatballs for my parents to have leftovers for lunch and dinner again!

Monday, Travers had to go into work in SF, so I went to work at Bryna's.  It was great to spend some one on one time with my sister and to catch up on what was going on with her business.  We then had a delicious lunch with our mom at Pacific Catch, then that afternoon, met my friend's Jen and Katy for a few glasses of wine at Pe Yale, a wine bar in cow hollow.  It was great to see them, but also sad to say goodbye because I'm not sure when the next time I'll see them is. But you can always tell when someone is a good friend when no matter after how much time has passed, you can pick up right where you left off. I know that Jen and Katy are great friends and time and distance won't affect our friendships.

Tuesday was our last day in SF, and I spent it at Bryna's again, to get in our quality sister time. Then Travers and I returned back to my parents house that evening for dinner, and to re-pack our bags for our trip to Maui the next day!

Aloha!