To Cali and Back

It is nice to be home.

I loaded up the car over a week ago with 3 kids and my brother and made the day long trek across Nevada to sunny california. I was in the door only a few minutes before my Dad escorted me around pointing out the weeks tasks. At one point I tried to tell him something, he quickly cut me off and told me he needed to tell me lots more before he'd have a chance to listen to me. ;o) I love my Dad.

I was going to tell you all the things I did while I was there- but it is a blur. All I know is that one day we went to the beach and it was wonderful. It was a quick trip, but it was fun reliving moments of my gradeschool past in a place I'd visited more than 20 years ago. (whoa!)

There was sewing- not quilting, but sewing. Table cloths and sashes. There was painting- not the painting where you dip a roller in a pan and slap it on the wall. This painting consisted of carefully mixing a tiny cup of paint to the perfect color, tracing the template onto a wall (no time to bore you with the rediculously long detail of that), and using a miniscule brush to delicately paint leaves and vines across the wall. And not just one color, but TWO- and shading. It turned out AMAZING! There were silk flowers, ribbons, and glass vases. Not to mention a couple trips each to Michael's and Hancock Fabric's.

My little sister is married. A weeks worth of work and the ceremony lasted 7 1/2 min. At least people enjoyed the reception for much longer. It was beautiful. It is done.

I rested saturday night and most of sunday then packed up the van (with more that I went out with) and trekked back across nevada.

I can't wait to go back to california for a REAL vacation next time. ;o)