Last weekend.....

....and it only took me until Thursday to write about it. In my defense, I keep asking Sam for pics, but he hasn't given them to me yet. I'll post them when I get them.

We went to Bakersfield for the weekend for several reasons: my nephew Andrew's movie premiere on Friday night, my niece Katya's baby shower on Saturday, my great-nephew Jesse's blessing on Sunday. I actually went under duress, I'm really tired of the drive. It was lovely to see all of Liz's kids, however, and Meg had a great time playing with Emily M's Sarah, and Emily W's boys. And, I got to hold baby Jesse...almost worth the drive. What a cutie.

Friday night we made it to Bakersfield in just the nick of time for Andy's premiere, but we missed the red carpet stuff. The movie was kind of fun, not a great movie, but, as Andy says, he didn't write it, he just filmed it. And, he did a great job. It was kind of "Breakfast Club"-ish, but the teenagers seemed to enjoy it and it was at least, clean. Meg was very excited to get the stars' autographs afterwards, one of the main character actors is on the Disney Channel. Can't remember his name...

Saturday morning, Liz, her girls, Mom Bailey and I went to Katya's baby shower. It was in a lovely old home that is now a restaurant...Rose Cottage Tea Room, or something like that. The lunch was lovely and we got a good visit in.

Saturday night, the whole fam-dam-ly went to the Texas Roadhouse Grill to celebrate two birthdays...Sam and Andy's wife Amber. We had a great time and ate WAY too much. That is, hands down, one of my favorite restaurants. Weirdly enough, almost all of our favorite restaurants are in Bakersfield: Izumo's, China Palace, Roadhouse Grill, the Hawaiian place next to China Palace, Sonic...

Sunday morning, Sam and I decided to take the scenic route home, through Santa Barbara. It was a lovely drive and really pretty day. We took some backroads and saw some country we hadn't seen before. We had lunch on the beach in Santa Barbara and got home fairly early...for us, anyway.

Monday was Sam's birthday. I was going to have a long post just about him for his birthday, but I just haven't had time. Unfortunately, he ended up working late that night and missing the Apple shuttle, so Meg and I went and rescued him and we got dinner on the way home. Last night, we went out with friends for yet another birthday dinner, (we're milking it for all it's worth).

That's about it....if I ever get pics from Sam, I'll post some.