Samson Family

Saturday night we traveled to Walnut Creek to visit with my dad's side of the family. His sister and one of his brothers had come to California to visit with their parents (my grandparents) for a week, which was fantastic since they haven't seen them in probably 4-5 years.

It was fun to hang out with my aunts and uncles as an "adult" even though I've been one for many years. My youngest uncle and I have a child the same age (born literally 7 days apart) so it was fun for them to play together. Everyone always just picks up where they left off as if no time has passed between seeing each other. Definitely love my family and was happy to be able to see them again.

Here are my grandparents with their grandkids (my cousins)

and their great grandson (my little one, A).

Panoramic pic of the goings on. My mom, aunt (dad's sister), uncle (dad's brother)

and dad in the kitchen. Grandpa, the kids and uncle in the family room.

Aunt taking pictures and Randy hiding in the corner ;)

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 12

Day 12: Up Close

Not sure what to say about this photo. Guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow's challenge for "from a distance".

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 11

Day 11: Something Fun

Beach volleyball is one of my favorite things. It's great exercise and just a good time to hang with friends and be active. This is a panoramic picture of the Tuesday night group I play with, always a fun time.

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 10

Day 10: Something I Made

Rubber stamping is a hobby I've had for over 10 years. The past 5 years I haven't done it as much as I used to, but when I have it's always something I truly enjoy.

This is a project I made last year. The frames I bought at the dollar spot at Target and then I hand stamped the flowers, water colored the images and attached them to coordinating paper and included some embellishments. Custom artwork for less than $5!

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 9

Day 9: Faceless Self Portrait

Taken at Jade Street park during A's soccer practice.

Waaaah I'm Sick

I was trying to ignore it and just keep pushing through, but I finally have to admit I am sick. I started feeling off while we were in Tahoe but kept pushing through blaming it on the elevation, or different pillows, or basically anything but being sick. I spent most of today sleeping in between concerts from A with the damn Paper Jamz guitar. Seriously, if you ever want to get the kid in your life an annoyingly loud gift, one of these would be perfect. Hoping the rest today and some more tomorrow (sadly have to cancel volleyball for tomorrow night) will help me to get better quickly for my out of state family's visit this weekend.

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 8

Day 8: Technology

Shockingly, this one was kind of hard. I could be obvious and take a picture of the computer, or iPad, or Randy's replacement iPhone, but I didn't. This is a picture from inside the carwash today.

Yes, we might think of the carwash as an "old" invention/technology but think about our great grandparents, they would be amazed by this kind of thing! The second part of this technology themed picture is that I used Instagram one of my all time favorite apps for the iPhone. If you don't have it, get it!