Family Trip: Sacramento

We are finally back from our little vacationing that we've been doing, and man am I exhausted. It all started on July 26th when we caught out the last flight out to San Francisco.  Luckily Fehi had Friday off, so that's why we wanted to get a head start by getting there Thursday night after he got off from work.  The flight was good, the kids were well behaved and very excited to be going on an airplane.  After getting our rental car the first place we ate at was Jack in the Box! I know people in California probably wonder why we go all crazy over it, but until they bring a Jack in the Box to SLC, it's always gonna be something we go crazy over when we are out of Utah.

Friday, July 27th, we met up with some of my other family members and took the 2 hour drive to Sacramento (where the wedding events were held).  We did a little, okay I lie, a LOT of shopping.  We discovered a store called "DD's Discount", which is like a much better version of Ross, so I scored a lot of clothes for my kids and they were cheap! Because Fehi only had Friday night off, we made the best of the time we had with him, eating out (of course) and spending some much needed family time.  We stayed at a really nice Hotel in South Sacramento, and it was about 15 minutes from the wedding venue.  That night was the Wedding Dance for the couple, and so we went and had a blast, my kids loved dancing, and they would even pull us up to dance with them.  Saturday Morning (July 28th) Fehi left on the 6:30am flight back to SLC because he had to work at 12:30pm, so we sent him off then got ready for the wedding.  The wedding was packed and the food was delicious! We left it a little early because my kids were getting restless, so we stopped by Church's chicken grabbed us a box of chicken and those yummy honey biscuits and then headed on back to our hotel.  I didn't care to do much but just relax with the kids in our hotel beds, and face-time with my hubby.  Sunday (July 29th) we had dinner provided by the groom's family, and let me tell you.. they know how to cook! (Too bad I didn't take a picture of all the yummy food).  We drove back to San Francisco later that night, and then the next day we flew out to Hawaii (post to come soon!).  Here's pics of our weekend in San Francisco and Sacramento.

I LOVE Hawaii :)

I love being home. Everything about it makes me so happy. Even my husband notices how much more happier I am when I'm home.  What can I say, it's just different here.  Yesterday we went to Castle Beach (in Kahuku) and it was just so nice to sit on the beach, and relax. There were tons of kids and families there, probably because the kids are still off from school, and it was a good day to go swimming. (Today looks like a good day too lol).  One of my BFF's (country girls a.k.a. wolfpack! lol) was there, and she had just gotten in on Sunday night too. We were talking about how much we miss home, and she's actually in the process of moving back with her husband. I told her about how my husband actually wants to move down here, it's just a whole lot of things that we need to consider and what not.

A lot of it, mostly has to do with the material things we have.  We have a car (that we're still paying for), our laundry machines that we just bought in September, our huge bed (that I will not sell or give up lol), our T.V. I could probably do without, but yeah, there's just things we have to take care of.  I was telling my friend yesterday that if we were to ever move, it'd just have to be something we just do, and do it quick. lol. I could see people questioning why we would move from having our own place, where it's cheaper, but the way my husband and I see it, Kahuku is a small family oriented community, and that's what we love, and what I miss.  I could care less if we moved and lived with my family in Kahuku. I would enjoy that. I don't know if we'll ever, or more like when we'll take that big step to moving back, but when that day comes, I'll be the happiest woman alive. :)

Anyhow, our vacation so far has been a relaxing one.  I wish we could travel home more often, but between work and school we usually can't, so I'm glad we made it out this time. Yesterday we spent the day at the beach.  I got to swim just for a little bit, then I sat out with my kids and watched them play in the sand, and let the beach bum (fehi) go at it.  He swam for like 2.5 - 3 hours straight! I wouldn't be able to do that lol. I actually had a huge headache by the time we left, and when that happens, it makes me sick and I end up throwing up all I ate, which is exactly what happened when we got home.  After I got sick, I laid down in the living room, and my mom asked me if I was ok, and if I needed anything.  That sorta caught me off guard, cause I'm so use to just dealing with this pregnancy, cause hello, I don't have my mom around, but it was nice, really nice to have her make sure I was ok.  I ended up sleeping for the rest of the day and night, and thanks to my sisters they took care of the kids, while both fehi and I knocked out. Today, we have a wedding to go to, but will be visiting Tita's Grill for lunch.  Fehi and I went and had a little breakfast together over there this morning, and told them we would be back. I swear we are their #1 visitors whenever we're in town. LOL.

Here's a few pics from our beach day yesterday:

My little sister playing in the sand

My son and his new boogie board someone gave him :)

Aunty Ila and my princess Kesaia

The kids playing in the sand, they were being naughty and throwing sand at me too lol

My husband out there catching waves

Kesaia doesn't like the water, but loves the sand