Trip to Auburn - Saturday

Saturday morning started off pretty chill.  We fed the kids pancakes for breakfast and then Tony and I went to brunch with my parents, Julie, and Gabe.

Before we left for brunch, the girls wanted to go swimming, so they did.  They jumped right it and loved having the pool to themselves and playing with the pool toys.  They both showed us their tricks before we left, and they looked like they were having so much fun living their best lives.

Julie picked up my parents and then came over with Kimball.  Kimball wanted to swim with the kids and was excited to show them the cool things that he had learned.  I later found out that Josh, too got into the pool and went swimming while we were gone.  I guess Tyler didn't want to swim in the morning.

We ate brunch at this fun nursery and food place.  They had so many beautiful plants and flowers that we looked at while we waited to be seated.  Our food was super good, probably the best breakfast burrito I have ever had.  It was nice chatting with family and enjoying the beautiful atmosphere.  

After brunch we stopped in at the office and got us some Veteran's United swag.  I got me a hat and that is always fun.  Then Julie took us back to Wendy's and picked up Kimball.  We got the kids changed and then we took them out to lunch, because it took us so long, they were definitely hungry.  

We took them to In and Out before going to my parents' house.  We ate some blackberries, Josh shot the pellet gun, Tony helped my dad a bit, and we enjoyed chatting.  

We then went to Julie's house where Allie made Julie a birthday sign and the other kids played together.  Tony then took all the kids back to Wendy's to go swimming and play there while Julie and I prepared some of the food for the next day.  After we were done getting the food made, Tony called me and told me that Josh crashed Wendy's golf cart into a wall.  He said that everyone was okay, but he couldn't move the golf cart.  So, Julie and I got into her car and drove to go rescue them.  While we were driving there, Tony was able to figure out how to get the wheel to move so that they could push it back to Wendy's house.  Which is good, it looks like the main problem is with the wheel, so hopefully it won't be too much money to fix.  Josh felt so bad about crashing it.  He just confused the gas and the break; it was his first-time driving.  Tony was very frustrated with what happened, but we had to chalk it up to a lesson learned and move on.

After all that drama settled down, we drove to the fairgrounds where we ate at a yummy pizza place.  We were the first ones there from our group, so we ordered and enjoyed being outdoors with each other.  The girls played on the playground while the boys played chess on Tyler's phone.  Once we got our pizza, we all gobbled it up.  It was super good.  When we were about done is when the other's showed up.  We hung out with them for a little while before we decided to go back to Wendy's to get showered and ready for bed.  It was a super great, fun filled day, but also super stressful and emotional.  But isn't that how life is.  Lot of great highs, but also plenty of lows.