Visiting Coalinga

Our final stop on our trip was in Coalinga to stay with Lane's Mom. It's a little town in the central valley, surrounded by hills and agricultural. Except for ALL of us sharing some nasty stomach flu, we had a great visit there. On the weekend (before we got sick), about 50 of the family came over to visit with us and have an early Thanksgiving celebration. What a great party! Lane did a ton of cooking, making awesome turkey & stuffing and so much more yummy yums. I overdosed on my favorite spinach dip made by Aunt Sis, Lane's sister. I love big family parties like that. It was so great to catch up with everyone.


Lane talking with his cousin Jeep in the back. JD hanging out with his cousins Patrick and Caleb (or kids of Lane's cousins, so does that make second cousins?). Moriah checking it all out in front.


Enjoying the bounce house. That's Moriah in there with JD, Matt, and their cousin Donovan. We had to separate out the big kids from the little kids, though JD was really upset with us for putting him in the little kid category.


JD and Moriah on the slide. Wheeee! (look back up to that first picture to see how tall this slide was... I told you Moriah is a dare-devil... someone explain to her that she is still little...)


All that food. All that bouncing. All those cousins to play with. It just wears guys out.