~ The Healds ~: June 2012

For my sister's birthday and Mother's Day we headed to Humboldt. It meant a lot to my sis, my mom and I to all be together for my 4th Mother's Day, Nicole's 1st and my mom's 33rd. :) Josh and I were able to leave early enough on Friday to make it up to Humboldt for a lasagna dinner at my parents with the family. My mom put black olives (my fav!) in the lasagna...yum!! Hannah had a sleep over at Nonnie and Nonne's that night, while Josh, Jordyn and I headed over to Nicole and Sean's to stay up a little later and visit. (Jordyn slept in until almost 10:00am and I only had to get up twice with her, so it was great to get some much needed sleep)

the birthday girl and Sean at the Ivanho

On Saturday (Nicole's 31st birthday) we all walked down to Rohner Park to meet up with some friends, let the kids play and toss the Frisbee around. The weather was gorgeous and surprisingly warm for Fortuna. That evening we all went to the Ivanhoe in Ferndale for Nicole's bday dinner and then headed back to their house for drinks with friends.

The girls napping together in Nonnie's Moses basket :)

Nonne with his youngest grand daughters

Sunday morning Hannah was soooo excited to give me my Mother's Day gift. She was very specific with Josh when telling him what she wanted to get me. :) They went shopping together the week before and she got me a pink (of course!) Camelbak insulated water bottle and a beautiful bracelet. Josh got me a pedicure/manicure (can't wait to indulge!). When giving me my gift Hannah was so excited she asked me if she could tell me what the gift was before I even opened it. :) I was impressed she'd been able to keep her gift a secret the entire time. After we were all up and ready, we drove down to Benbow for our traditional Mother's Day brunch. We've gone to Benbow for Mother's Day brunch almost every single Mother's Day since my mom was pregnant with me 34 years ago. It's a special tradition that means a lot to us. The weather was once again beautiful and we had our own private alcove for brunch (same one we've had before and we love it!). We enjoyed spending the morning together eating and lounging in the sun. It was the perfect start to my Mother's Day. We left around 12:30/1:00 to drive back to Sonoma County so that Josh could catch the finish to Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California bike race. Fortunately the girls napped on the way home and we didn't have to make any bathroom or feeding stops. Josh and Hannah caught the end of the race while I fed Jordyn in the car and then walked to meet up with them. Following the race we headed back to our house to BBQ filet mignon for Josh's mom for Mother's Day dinner. We had his brother and family over as well. It was a great end to a special day!!!