California Babymoon

Does it count as a babymoon when you are visiting in-laws? I feel like it does when your in-laws live where my in-laws live. I'm still in California, we leave for home tonight on a red eye, but I figured I would get a head start on blogging the trip by recounting the beginning of our week.

If you follow me on Instagram you will have noticed that Judy and I have been crafting. By that I mean, we walked into grandma's house and she had been busy making a ton of handmade goods for Lady Kenney. I was inspired by this and am getting a sewing lesson in the process! I can't wait to show you some of the finished products.

A trip to California is not complete without at least one trip to Pink Berry. I remember when I first came to CA with the Kenney's Judy was talking this place up before anyone had even heard of a frozen yogurt place in the Midwest. It may or may not be one of the first place she took me when we got to their home in Santa Clara. This trip, however, I had different demands. If it weren't for the fact that we landed at 9:30AM, In-n-Out would have been a must stop directly from the airport. As it happened, we went there for lunch instead. And we've had it since then too. And Chick-fil-A. I would say that this was the simple pleasures of pregnancy cravings but lets be real this would have been my diet and my demand anyway.

We went shopping at a few different locations and one of them included the beautiful Santana Row with this stunning wine bar.

A fresh lime harvest right in their back yard. Can you imagine the gin and tonics with these? Even better, can you imagine me being able to keep these alive?

Tim's sister Katie works for Google Shopping Express so we got the insiders tour of the Google Campus.

The Campus was insane, it really felt like a College Campus except nicer and free-er. 

On Friday night we went, with a shocking amount of country lovers from California, to the Lady Antebellum concert. We picnicked before and then had lawn seats during the concert which was perfect for us sitting in our lawn chairs and people watching like crazy. You would not believe the amount of people who live in San Francisco who own cowboy boots. Sam Hunt and Hunter Hayes opened and we had a blast. It feels like summer to me when I am listening to Country and this concert felt like summer.

MTBritt

Last weekend we had the true pleasure of traveling to Long Island for the wedding of our two good friends Maureen and Tyler. Let me document the rest for ya here.

We got to take a ferry to the Island which was my first time driving a car onto a boat and even at 6:45 in the morning, I loved it!

Once we got onto the Island and drove through the scenic wine country, we found a quaint little downtown confectionery for breakfast.

And then beach it was! We were a bit bummed that it was a cool day but we still managed a few sun burns, quality beach naps, and countless games.

And we also beat the rain!

Our travel companions made the trip such a blast!

We met up with our whole crew for an elevator selfie before the ceremony.

These guys. And this little girl!

 It was such a beautiful and intentional ceremony.

Documented. Forever.

And no one should be surprised that Mike convinced the Mother of the Bride to take a shot.

There's nothing I love more than traveling and adventuring with this man.

Celebrating dads, especially these two dads of daughters.

Shots out of wine glasses, stay classy San Diego.

On our way back to MA, we stopped off in New Haven to tour Yale, enjoy lunch, and cross Connecticut off my list.

Have you been to Yale? We enjoyed the tour from the visitor center and are pondering trips to each of the Ivies. What do you think? Worth it?

Yale was beautiful and so reminded us of Oxford.

I've come to really appreciate the trips and tours Tim and I get to do because we have summers off. Praise God for endless academic schedules.

Maureen's Beach Bach

I was so honored and excited to have been invited to a dear new friends Bachelorette party. We had a blast brunching, meeting Maureen's friends from previous eras of her life, and celebrating at the beach. As always, I was pretty terrible at documenting the whole day BUT I selfishly made Tim document me. Our bush was in bloom and I felt like I was finally popping so wah-lah! And I now realize after staring at this pictures that the bump clutch just makes it look like I have to pee so take that as you will...

We went to the beach in South Boston and you would not believe that you were still in Boston proper. It blew my mind. I kept looking for airplanes taking off or landing to orient my self to where reality was and I plotted my move from Brighton to South Boston.

It was so good to celebrate this lovely lady and I am so excited to see her marry the love of her life this weekend! More to come!