scott's mom came to our house with her
motorhome, elsie, last friday. we packed up clothes, food, bikes, and as of now (day 4) i don't think we forgot anything! 
we loaded up saturday and headed to bakersfield. we were going to hang out with the cousins for a bit and spend the night. the goal was to get out of LA to avoid memorial day weekend traffic and start for sacramento fresh sunday morning.
in bakersfield, we had a great time swimming with scott's sister's family. they hosted us for a yummy dinner in their home, we baked some cookies for the road, and headed off to sleep - our first night in the motorhome!
day 2
we woke bright and early (730am) and got some breakfast then connected the car we were pulling and made our way to the 99. we traveled up the 99 all day until we were almost to sacramento. we stopped in merced for a picnic lunch to stretch our legs. there was a beautiful park with a playground of course. then we traveled the 4, the 5, the 12 and landed in vacaville, ca at our friends, the nolls' home. her parents, the boons, were also there and it was a nice time having dinner with everyone - though we were still outnumbered 6 adults to 7 kids! (the noll kids are 1 2yo boy and twin 8mo girls). once the boons left it was that consistent fun chaos we are used to and love 4 adults, 7 kids, and a rambunctious dog!
day 3
memorial day!
this was a nice relaxing day after some long drives. we drove to travis air force base (where chris (mr noll) works) to check out some planes. all the boys had fun, especially scott, and they got all their plane questions answered. we stayed on base to go to a park
where we had lunch and fed the ducks. the base is huge and very much alive - different to us than the base by our house (los alamitos jftb) which is much smaller and has a lot less activity. travis afb is a self-contained city. you could probably live there and never need to leave. it was a fun visit! and all before nap time.we took the kids home and put 5 down for naps, while our 2 older boys played in their park-size (not joking) backyard. when their oldest woke, all the boys rode bikes out front with the neighbor kids. we had another fabulous dinner then put the kids down and had a little time to talk, just the adults.
it was such a blessing to spend time with my friend karissa and be encouraged in our Lord together. we once again just picked up where we'd left off,, spoke openly, challenged and blessed each other. i praise the Lord for her friendship!
our families get along great and look forward to more time together as the Lord allows.
day 4
we drove (40 min) to downtown sacramento to visit our state capitol building.
we parked the rv in a illegal, but our of the way spot. so scott's mom sat in it and spent some time reading while we toured the capitol. (thanks mom!) we visited the replica offices of the early 1900's, saw where our law makers currently work and visited our congressman's office. 
then...
we drove (2 1/2 hrs) to turtle bay exploration park in redding, ca.
i thought it would be a quick hour visit to a small place, 
but it was huge and everything was quite amazing and fun and we spent over 2hrs there and really could have stayed longer! we may check it out again on our way home. (they also have an rv park with a waterslide!) 
then...
we drove (4 1/2 hrs) to canyonville, or where we spent the night at the 7 feathers rv resort (and casino - which we did not visit). it was very nice accomodations! and with a playground! woohoo.
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