Do You Know The Way To San Jose

What a great family day we enjoyed this past Sunday.  After a nice breakfast at Stagecoach in Elk Grove we made our way to San Jose to visit Jen, Brian and our niece Brooklyn.  The supposed reason for the invitation to visit was to see Jen and Brian's new home in San Jose, although, I had my suspicions as to the true objective of the visit. More on that later. 

The drive to San Jose went well. It was our first extended length trip in the car with our newly potty trained toddler and Simon did very well, no accidents despite the container of chocolate milk he drank right before we left the restaurant.  We arrived in just under two hours.  Jen and Brian's new home is lovely.  Simon particularly enjoyed the stairs and repeatedly told me "I going back upstairs." The upstairs landing that looks down into the living room was a little frightening since Simon tried to climb over the rail not once but twice.  Jen had mentioned installing plexi-glass, might not be a bad idea. 
 In addition to our family of four, Nick's parents, and three brothers and one other sister also came for the visit.  We chatted, ate and relaxed and had some birthday cake to celebrate Jen's upcoming birthday.  It didn't take too long to reveal the big (but not totally surprising) news and real reason of the visit.  Jen is PREGNANT! Yes, God is blessing Jen and Brian with a baby brother OR baby sister for Brooklyn.  I am super excited for them. Baby is due March 2nd.  I can't wait to meet him or her, Brookly and Simon will both be so funny to watch once baby comes.  I am very glad that we are geographically close enough to visit often and that we have the opportunity for our kids to grow up together. 


We drove back later that afternoon with smiles on our faces.  Definitely looking forward to the next visit.  Below are some pictures of our fun day! 


Simon and Brooklyn