SoCal Debut

Jeremy just completed his Southern California Debut over the Thanksgiving holiday. With 6 cities in the tour he had multiple engagements along the way.

Stop 1: Seal Beach
Jeremy settled in quite well at Grandma and Grandpa's House. They had the bedroom all set up for him and tons of new books to read. Jeremy visited the beach for the first time and met Cymbre's college roommate, Michelle. Aunty Michelle had Jeremy laughing away the entire time. Truly big "Belly Laughs".


Stop 2: Long Beach
Jeremy visited Great Grandma and Grandpa's House deeeep in Long Beach. It was fun to go out to lunch with Papa Gene and Gramma Kay and get the backyard ready for Thanksgiving.

Jeremy also met more of Cymbre's friends from grade school...Caryn and Helen and their kids, Ava and Nicholas. Ava and Nicholas are 2 and 3 years old so Caryn and Helen were able to impart lots of "mommy wisdom". Finally Jeremy met Aunty Michelle at her house. Supposedly she's the one to know because she's promised lots of presents in the future.

Thanksgiving was definitely the highlight of the tour. The day started out cheering at the Turkey Bowl. Then Jeremy met 50 of his aunties, uncles, and cousins. It was quite a day for him, but surprisingly no major melt downs. He loved hanging out with everyone and being held the entire day. Jeremy found another favorite laughing buddy in cousin Kristen. He couldn't stop smiling and giggling with her.

Stop 3: Fountain Valley Jeremy visited Grandpa at his classroom and enjoyed seeing what a wonderful place school will be.








Stop 4: Tustin
Jeremy got his first taste of the OC when we visited Aunty Melissa in Tustin. He met a dog for the first time, Lola. But, I think he knew he was in control...he probably weighs more than Lola.




Stop 5: Culver City
Jeremy ventured up to LA and visited on of our favorite cuban restaurants. There he met more friends from mom's architecture life, Jeff and Julie.






Stop 6: Huntington Beach
The tour wouldn't have been complete without a visit with Rick and Lori. And here Jeremy got to bond more with Uncle Tim. He showed Jeremy a new perspective on things.

CAL v. WSU Football Weekend

This weekend was full of football, fun, family, and friends. We couldn't have asked for nicer weather for our traditional CAL football weekend. Jeremy met so many new family members and friends, including his great grandparents, Papa Gene and Gramma Kay. The weekend started out with dinner at Henry's. It was a late night for Jeremy, but he managed to fall asleep with Daddy. And he must have known it was going to be a busy Saturday because he slept straight through the night.

On the day of the game everyone came over for a BBQ. We had such a fun time having everyone here. Gramma Kay, Aunt Kate, cousins Samantha and Sara were wonderful to take care of Jeremy while we went to the football game. He had a great time playing and listening to Gramma Kay sing him songs. The evening ended well (for everyone except Jeanette) as CAL ended their loosing streak beating Washington State.

And no weekend would be complete without breakfast at Homemade Cafe, our favorite breakfast spot. Grandpa Paul may try to convince you Fat Apples is better, but don't be led astray. And Sunday ended perfectly as we relaxed in the backyard and Jeremy had more time with his grandparents and the rest of the family.

We had a fun time with all of you at the game and BBQ. We are so thankful to have such loving family and friends. We posted all the pictures from the weekend on the Kodak Website. The link is to the right.