california dreamin

Me and niya went to california for a week to see my dad. he just had a spinal fusion and we wanted to be there to help, visit, and maybe lift his spirits. the surgery was really brutal. its really hard to see your parent in so much pain. he seems to be healing SLOWLY. Hopefully the surgery will be a success and he can have less pain.

It was good to see him and good for niya to get to know her papa a little better

Niya was happy to see gunna too

she made friends with burger pie too (this ones for amanda)

i loved seeing my cute nieces and nephews. they loved playing with niya

the week happened to be over memorial weekend so we got to spend a little time at the beach house too. Niya had so much fun.

i put her in the sand box to play, and of course the first thing she did was eat it

yum

i left niya with sunny for a few minutes to run get the camera and i came back to this. she let her face plant in the sand. what a bad aunt

she practiced her hands and knees rock on the "oh so clean" beach house carpet

she got to spend time with her second cousins. this is sarah's boy carson

can you believe that face

i got to spend some much needed time with my family.

i miss them so much living in utah

i always love getting to spend time at home in california. it never seems to be long enough, or often enough