Back in December Spencer got into biking and has been loving it! In the spring he decided to sign up for his first race- a 65 miler. The kids and I all wanted to go support him but he was only able to book a one bedroom Marriott there in Santa Rosa, and with Adam Eshenroder rooming with him, I thought it best we stay and cheer him on from Brentwood. We headed up to Brentwood on Thursday, October 1st, right after the girls got out of school. Then Spencer left for Santa Rosa Friday afternoon. The kids were super excited to be at Gram and Papa's house and had a huge list of things they wanted to do. Gram was actually out of town visiting the Rudd's in Michigan, so Papa was left to entertain us by himself! We had a grand time! Saturday morning we were up early for a bike ride in honor of Spencer.
All set and ready to go!
Elle and Cal had a blast back there in the bike trailer:
We managed to fit all our favorite things into the 2 days we were in Brentwood - we visited all our favorite parks . . .
Played in the blow up pool and hot tub . . .
Made a trip to the library and had lots of reading time . . .
Played dress up - in one of my old dresses! My mom made this dress for me back in the day and Madi fell in love! She didn't want to take it off. I'm thinking it will be perfect for 4th of July in a couple years.
Papa and Cal were able to sneak away for some guy bonding time! Cal had the time of his life running errands with Papa! Of course they ended their errands with getting Slim Jims at Home Depot.
Being able to listen to 4 sessions of General Conference helped top off the weekend. Papa made the kids conference packets and I got some treats for the BINGO boards. They listened really well Saturday morning session, but then ended up playing quietly in the other room for Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning sessions which I actually was ok with since it gave me time to really listen and be touched by the spirit that I needed to feel this conference. We watched Sunday afternoon session when we got back home that evening.
It was a quick weekend but fun to get away, spend some time with Papa, and celebrate Spencer's first bike race!
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