Aunty Lisa is in town to celebrate her birthday with her kids and with Zoe, of course =). While we did the usual nice dinners with her, Bryan and Liana, we also had the chance to host her in our home for a few days! She wanted to make sure she got enough "Zoe time" so she split her time between staying with Liana in Marina Del Rey, with Bryan in DTLA and with us in Oxnard!!
It was nice to spend some quality time with her -- I know Zoe definitely had a blast. She got super attached to her Oma while she was here and they both enjoyed each other's company. During the day we would go up to Carpinteria to lunch with Mike and then the evenings were mostly spent at home eating take out (I offered to cook but no one would let me!).
Here's some pics of her visit with us:
Zoe really enjoyed playing hostess to Oma Lisa
They were totally BFFs during her stay
Zoe stepping in the sand for the first time in Carpinteria
She had mixed feelings about sand ...
Lunch with daddy at Padaro Grill!
Enjoying chicken strips and sweet potato fries while looking out onto the ocean ...
Zoe LOVED all the seagulls and other birds
She also enjoyed playing chase with daddy!
Catch me if you can, Dada!!!
As if we weren't already having a blast just hanging out, Mike was able to take Wednesday off so we decided to go whale watching!!! It was so much fun and Zoe really enjoyed being on the boat. We were out at sea for almost 4 hours and that little girl survived!!! She ate A LOT of goldfish crackers and seemed to enjoy the ocean ... we also got to see whales, sea lions, and dolphins!!! Even though it got kind of cold on the boat and it felt like the excursion was one hour too long, we all had a great time! What a blessing to be able to do something like that on a "regular Wednesday"!!! I was proud of Zoe for being such a good girl on the boat. No melt downs or anything! Woot!!
Matchy-matchy shades!
B**** stole my look! Lol!
Look!!! A dolphin!
Oma got cold on the boat!
My little explorer
The bjorn definitely came in handy on the rocky boat!
Oil platforms!
Perfect ending to a perfect day!
Oma even got to spend time with my mom and Tita Bot
Eating at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Alhambra with the whole fam!
Monkey monkey!
I'm so glad we got to spend some extra time with Oma Lisa ... I know she'll miss Zoe a lot more now that she's had the chance to really "bond" with her (vice versa). Looking forward to more future visits with her!!! She is definitely one of God's greatest blessings to our family ... even though she's "just" Michael's stepmom, she's been a "real" mom/aunty/grandma to our family. God blessed Mike with two amazing moms and we're so fortunate to be constant recipients of their love and generosity.
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