Pitchers come to Cali!

Landon’s family visited over the weekend and it was too short! Sharman, Linda, Adam, Monica, and Cambrie all stayed with us. We were out and about most of the time so it didn't even feel crowded. Adam’s girls are in New Jersey visiting Corie’s family so he came alone, and Court & Kelli let Cambrie come along for her first trip away from home!   Cambrie is so good with Capri, I hope we end up living close so we can have her babysit soon.  It felt like a mini vacation for me since Capri was getting so much attention and love from Grandma, Aunt Moke, and Cambrie.  Friday we headed straight to Carmel to spend some time on the beach and do the 17 mile drive. Don’t mind our wind blown hair.  Saturday was a San Francisco day. Landon and I made Sharman come on our 16 mile run with us while everyone else got a head start in the city.  We ran on the Los Gatos Creek trail and It wasn’t too difficult, but it did seem like it took forever to finish since we had to stop for Capri a few times. Usually Capri does pretty good on our runs, but she was needy this time.  We love running with “Coach,”  it’s a great therapy session and we solve so many problems while running and talking.   We met the rest of the family at Giradelli Square and had an Italian dinner on the wharf.  It was colder than we hoped for (always is!) so I bought Capri the cute owl hat.  I'm sure she was fine, but I liked the excuse to buy it.  After church on Sunday we enjoyed our apartment amenities, relaxed for a bit, and then went to Stockton to visit Chris and Geniel.  Geniel is just like Linda and it's fun to see the sisters together.  We ate delicious breakfast food for dinner and played botchy ball at the park. Busy and great weekend.  We were sad to see Landon's family go so soon, but it won't be long before we see them in Utah for Dave Earnhardt's wedding and before we head back to Arizona for Landon's  last and final Trimester at Thunderbird, yippee!

San Francisco Giants

Friday night we went to The San Francisco Giants game with Jordan and Brooke.  I went to school with Brooke and cheered with her in Jr. High, it has been so great to have a long time friend here in California, of coarse there's been lots of catching up to do since it's been so long!  Not only are Brooke and Jordan a really handsome couple they are so fun together.   They know how to take advantage of living in beautiful California and do fun activities all of the time, I’m glad we could join them for this one!   The Giants stadium is incredible, I love that it looks over the bay.   It did get a little chilly next to the water so we bundled Capri up and she did great.  The sling I put Capri in has been a lifesaver.  As uncomfortable as it looks, she loves it!  She curls up in the sling and goes to sleep most of the time.  Landon and I have been able to get out and do a lot of things because she does so well in the sling.  I am defiantly an advocate for “baby wearing,” it’s allowed us adjust into parenthood more smoothly and I love that Capri is so close to me.  Back to the game, we had a wonderful time despite the loss and I was happy for the excuse to wear my orange pants two days in a row.  I only made one dumb sports comment and Landon of coarse had to text my brothers so they could make fun of me too.  Ahh…. you would think I'd be an expert after growing up with three brothers that played every sport right?  

A run around the park

Landon and I have started running the last few weeks. He's training for a marathon in September and I've been running with him even though I haven't committed to the marathon yet. Landon is crazy and has completed four marathons.  I'm kind of a baby and I guess I don't have that burning desire or goal to complete a marathon, but am so proud of him!  I'm happy to run with him now, but like having option out in case it gets too hard.  One positive thing about me running with him is that my baby weight is finally coming off.  I was hoping to be one of those girls that breastfeeds and is magically better looking than pre-pregnancy, but after weeks of no change I decided the extra baby weight wasn't going to come off without me taking some action.  My favorite thing about running is that our whole family is together, Capri LOVES being in the jogging stroller!  You can tell she listens to every sound and perks up when she hears the birds, cars, water, or Landon and I talking (mostly breathing heavy).  She smiles at us from her seat and we smile back.   Eventually she gets tired and dozes off, but wakes up seconds after we stop our running.  I think we say "She is so cute!", or "Just look at her!"at least ten times while starring at her wide blue eyes and smile that gets so big it doesn't fit her face. She makes our runs much more enjoyable.  Saturdays are our long runs and today we ventured out to the Golden Gate Park and ran seven miles.  We have plans to explore every Saturday for the next few weeks.  I forgot the sd card for our camera, but I managed to take a few photos with my phone.  Our run today made us really like San Francisco, it was beautiful and there is so much to do in one park!  We saw ponds, waterfalls, botanical gardens, bison, the ocean, bands playing, children's playgrounds, a botchy ball tournament, Polo fields, and so many families picnicking and enjoying the beautiful Saturday. I'm actually looking forward to next Saturday's run.... minus the twelve mile part.