Our trip to California went well. We split it over two days. The first day we picked up Jared in Provo and then Emma in Cedar City, then stopped for the night in Las Vegas. Phebe did great until about an hour outside of Las Vegas. By then she had had enough of her carseat. Luckily she had plenty of room to roam at our cousins' home where we stayed that night.
The next day we hit the road early and lunched at the train station McDonald's in Barstow--a Brenner family landmark. She liked putting the Happy Meal box on her head and taking it off over and over.
We had a great time hanging out with our grandparents and parents. Mom and Dad had already been there a few days when we arrived. We Brenners tend to be homebodies, but we sure had a lot of fun. Awhile ago Grandpa bought a ginormous HDTV, and Jared brought his Wii, so we all had a fun time playing and watching each other play. In fact Grandma liked bowling so much that Grandpa bought her one for Christmas.
Christmas Day was great. Here are some pictures of Phebe enjoying herself Christmas morning.
Later that day we had a fun meal with my uncle Doug and his wife Jennifer, their two little girls Paige and Kyra, my uncle Larry, my cousin Jason and his wife Claire. Phebe had so much fun playing with her cousins.
While we were there we also celebrated Emma's birthday (22!), saw Sherlock Holmes (good, not great), and did lots of shopping (Dear Trader Joe's: Why do you have 2 locations in Fresno but 0 in Utah? Please fix this. Soon.).
Our time there was too short! Here's Phebe saying goodbye to her grandparents and great-grandparents.
We made the trip back to Utah all in one day to beat a storm. It was really tough leaving family and warm weather. We love you, Grandma and Grandpa and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa!
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