Day 5 (Sunday, May 11th)

Grandma’s house.

On Sunday morning we woke up bright and early and left for Long Beach. The drive was a little more than an hour in length. We were going to meet my Grandma (my mom’s mom) at her ward… 9am church.

She teaches sunbeams, so we sent 2 1/2 year old Bridget to her class. I think she was a little confused that the structure of class was different, but over all she did okay. Grandma had lots of snacks – I’m sure that helped.

After church we went back to Grandma’s house. My Uncle Carl lives there with her. Neither of them had met Bridget before – I was pregnant with her last time we saw them. So it was pretty fun for her to get to know them. She warmed up really quickly.

Bridget and I with Grandma and Carl.

Our little family with Grandma.

Just an example of how Bridget warmed up to them. This is her with Uncle Carl.

One of my favorite early childhood toy memories were of these Tinker Toys. Grandma still had them – in their same old, original, packaging. I could help but play with them for a little while. Bridget even joined me for a few minutes.

After we got back to the hotel that night we hit the resort pool with Dave’s sister. It was a nice relaxing way to unwind from the past few days. Later that evening Dave’s parents arrived – we all had a barbecue before hitting the sack for the night.