The Fam Came to Visit!!

Hey guys!

I know I said my Bday weekend would be next, but if I'm gonna try to keep this somewhat chronological, I'll first tell you about when the fam came to visit!

So this was my first year spending Christmas away from home across the country. Surprisingly, I didn't mind it, but that may have been because I knew my family was coming a few days later. On Christmas Day, I skyped with my family while they were doing Christmas dinner. It's nice to be able to have that option now a days.

Love Skype! And my cool family haha

Christmas Day w/my Little Man <3

New scarf in the mail from Uncle Virgil & Aunt Gail...love!

A couple days after Christmas, my Mom, Brittany, and Amanda came to visit! This was my first time seeing them since I moved to California in September!

My Mom was soo happy to see her Grandson!
And clearly vice versa lol...look at his smile :)

Opening gifts will never get old! :)

While the fam was here, we went shopping, to the Fresno Zoo, down to Los Angeles and up to San Franciso. I had to give them a taste of all parts of Cali, because who knows if and when my Mom will be back!

Shopping in Fresno


(Gotta figure out how to rotate this pic)

The Fresno Zoo...small, but they had giraffes,
which is all that mattered <3

Feeding giraffes will never get old either! lol

Sister love <3

Los Angeles to bring in the New Year! We stayed at a home in Venice booked through AirBnB.

Santa Monica Beach <3

Always a beautiful day here!

Quick trip down Hollywood Blvd.

The musical stairs :)

Touring Hollywood

NYE!!

Goofing around in our AirBnB...these are all the things
I wanted to steal lol.. clearly "she doesn't value these things".
Not even her Ray Bans lol

Dinner at Franklin&Company in LA...was sooo bomb!
Loved the whiskey bread pudding <3

Franklin&Company had the perfect view outside.
Will definitely be back!

Then we traveled up to The Bay Area... I showed them some hot spots in Oakland, then we headed to San Fran..

Of all the places to eat...we chose Applebee's lol smh

Sissy

Fisherman's Wharf

Stopped at the Ghirardelli Factory of course!
Was soooo delicious as you can see by my face!

I feel like we took more pics in San Fran, but I guess not. It was a really quick SF stop when I think about it. So I guess that's it. I was sad to see them leave, but soo happy they came! Hopefully they'll be back to visit soon; when the weather is a tad bit nicer!  :)

Thanks again for reading!

Love always,