California: Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Thursday: We went to the Winchester Mystery House! I love that place, and we had so much fun. I think that house gets cooler and cooler every time I go there, and I learned so much on this tour! After our tour of the house was over, we spent some time exploring the really strange gift shop (they have the most random assortment of stuff...), and walking around the gardens of the house. You aren't allowed to take pictures inside the house, so all of my pictures are exterior shots. OH, and if any of you are ever in the San Jose area, I have a recommendation for a really AMAZING restaurant: Zona Rosa. The food was really amazing, the restaurant was cute, and the service was excellent!

My parents in front of the Winchester Mystery House

On the right side, you can see the door that opens to a huge drop-off... 

It's so pretty! (and weird!!)

Friday: On Friday evening we went to a River Cats game! It was very fun. Little Addison was SO beyond excited about it. Cassidy was mostly enjoying eating the peanuts, I think... The game was really good though, and the River Cats won! After the game there were some really awesome fireworks (I didn't take any pictures of that though...).

Photobomb by Cassidy! :)  

The view from our seats! You can see the bridge in the background. 

Saturday: Saturday was Cassidy's birthday party!! I'm SO glad I was able to be there to celebrate her birthday! Her birthday party was at Wacky Tacky, which is a kid's playground kind of place... It's a really smart set-up. They have multiple play areas for the kids, and they do face painting and balloon animals, and then they also have a room where they do the pizza and cake and presents for the kiddos! They keep everything organized and moving along (plus they do the clean-up). It's such a brilliant idea! They have a few benches set up for the parents, but it's definitely a place that is all about the kids. 

Here's my cousin Anna's little girl! Her name is Abbey. 

Here's Addison waiting for her balloon animal (she requested a monkey). And you can kinda see the face painting she has on her cheek (it's a pink bat... haha). 

Cassidy getting ready to blow out her birthday candles!!

Addison really enjoyed her cupcake! 

After the party, the girls went home to take a nap, and then when they woke up they came over to my mom and dad's house to hang out for a bit before me and McGee had to leave. We gave Cassidy her presents then (we didn't want to cut into the play time at Wacky Tacky), and we had a nice BBQ dinner (my dad made his amazing BBQ chicken!).

Here's Cassidy opening up her presents from our family! 

Then it was my least favorite time... Time to say goodbye to everyone. I tried really hard to contain my crying when my brother, Amanda, and the girls left (I just had to rush inside to try to keep myself together...), but when my mom and dad dropped me at the airport I definitely cried. Goodbyes really suck.  I miss everyone already.

On the bright side, I'm sure that Christmas will be here in no time, and I'll get to see everyone again! I predict that Fall will fly by, and so far Summer is definitely flying by.