The reason for our trip,

Wow, OK, I've been slackin'. But I'm back, and here to tell you about the second half of our trip:) Let me back up first, our first night at Disneyland we got a call from John's cousin Jason, inviting us over for dinner! We thought they lived like an hour away, turns out it was like 30 minutes. He came and picked us up AND took us back to his place and fed us! We had a great time catching up with his family and John's other cousin Mariann came over also with her two kids, AND John's Aunt Carmen and Uncle John showed up too! We had such a great night chatting, sitting around the fire pit and eating yummy pie Mariann brought over, I took NO pictures, so you'll have to visualize it in your minds:) Thanks again everyone, it was a great night!
OK, so AFTER that, we had a nice 4 hour! drive from Disneyland to Fresno -or as John loving refers to it- the butthole of California! The trip would have been better if we didn't have a puking 4 year old in the car (yeah, that part sucked) but we made it:) The festivities were planned for Saturday so we enjoyed a few days of sleeping in and visiting with family and friends. Friday I got to go somewhere I've heard so much about but never been.... Table Mountain Casino. Well, it didn't disappoint, it was a casino alright. A smokey obnoxious casino:) But we had a little fun. This was the only picture I managed to snap before I was told that cameras were NOT allowed (sor-ry geez!)Look at my adorable husband, withdrawing our life savings!:) Actually it was only $20 -and NO that's not our life savings smarty pants!- We left with $60, so not bad babe!
Saturday we had lunch at the favorite place to eat in Fresno, Shanghai. It was really nice. 50 of Grandpas closest friends and family were there for the occasion!Then we went to a friend of the families house for swimming and cake! The kids loved the pool!AND trampolineMax liked the pirate ship pool best (of course!)and Mina liked swimming with Auntie Lyssa:)Well so did Max:)The party was great, complete with mooshy toastsand a cake with Grandpa and grandma's picture on it!You KNOW Max liked that part!Max sure knows how to get a party started!Look at that white hiney! Our time there was cut a little short due to a still ailing feverish bee:(
Max was so played out we carried him in, set him on the floor, and he just fell over and slept for like 2 hours like this!!I think Max is ready to go home now! (I found him like this!)We love you Grandpa! Happy 80th birthday!!