Cude Family Reunion

Chad, Tyler and I drove up to Morro Bay a couple of weeks ago for a big, Cude family reunion. It had been YEARS since all of the aunts, uncles and cousins had been together so it was great to see everyone!!! My cousin Lindsey and I both have babies now (as does Jessi but she wasn't able to make it) so that adds another generation to cousins who were there. We drove up on Friday night and stayed in a rental house with my mom, dad, sister and Cris. Saturday we all got together for a big dinner (SO YUMMY!) and lots of chit chat and catch up with everybody. My dad has all of the family pictures on his camera so I'll add them as soon as I can get them from him!! On Sunday, my dad, sister, Cris, Chad, Tyler and I went to visit Hearst Castle. It was sooooo amazing!!! My dad hadn't been in 30 years or so but was telling us all about it and I'm so glad we were able to visit and see it for ourselves. We did the overall, general tour and I would love to go back for more in-depth, detailed tours in the future. Every little detail of EVERYTHING on the entire property was just crazy! The last stop on the tour was the indoor pool which is covered in over 1 Million 1" mosaic tiles. Truly breathtaking. We drove home Sunday afternoon and Tyler did awesome in the car. We were contemplating waiting until bedtime to leave (like we did on Friday) but really didn't want to make the late drive again... It worked out perfectly between Tyler taking a nap, stopping for dinner, and then having Baby Einstein play on our portable DVD player! Overall it was a great trip, great to reconnect with family I NEVER get to see and create some family memories.

* my handful of a boy * wouldn't change it for the world though!

* daddy and ty *

* sister and cris *

* ty on daddy's back at hearst castle ** the indoor pool - over a MILLION tiles *

Again... ALL of the family pictures are on my dad's camera - blah!!!!! I need to get them and I'll update this post ASAP!