Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Trip to California

Mirian and I just got back last night from a trip to California to see Grandma and Grandpa Carter. Mirian took her first plane ride and she did amazingly well! It was so nice to get to relax and to spend some time with family.


While there, I went to see Julie and Julia with my mom. It was a cute movie, and it inspired my mom and I to do a little cooking while I was there. My mom has the first edition of Julia Child's cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, so we set to work making chocolate cake, Boeuf Bourguignon, and Coq au Vin. Each recipe was so delicious, but I think that I gained 10 pounds by the time the week was over.



My brother Matt and his wife Kristal were in Paradise while we were there. Matt and Kristal left on Wednesday to spend a year in China to teach English. We were lucky to get to say goodbye to them, before they headed out. Before they left, Matt and Kristal wanted Mirian to know how much they love her. They also wanted to make sure that they were her favorite aunt and uncle, so they got her a series of presents. Mirian loved them all! Good luck in China you guys! We miss you already!





It was also my 10 year High School Reunion while we were there. Russ came down on Thursday and then we went to the reunion on Saturday. It was kind of disappointing. Not many people showed up and the restaurant where the reunion was held wasn't suited for mingling and conversing. We still had a fun time. We went with a couple of my best buds from high school, Megan Conn (and her husband Josh), Brian Hunt (and his wife Hilary) and Bethany Taylor. After the reunion, we went to get ice cream and then we went to Walmart to play our favorite game from high school. We had a really good time.





3 comments:

Olivia Carter said...

We wanted to come up & see you guys so bad! It looks like you had a blast & dang you looked GOOD at your reunion!

And that lil' girl gets cuter every moment. They better not be the favorites... Auntie Liv & her cousins are going to have to step up their game!

April Carter said...

You were the most georgous girl there. OF COURSE!

Kristal said...

yaya! we're at our friends apartments and we can see your pictures! We miss you guys! And Liv will never win... we took Nerik to China for Mirian, so now her monkey is trained as a tour guide, a priceless bonus wouldn't you say?