As a part of our Muirhead vacation, we went to Silverwood. It was a bit of a bummer in terms of rides for our family. There wasn't much we could do! So we won't be going to Disneyland as soon as I thought. Oh well. The ice cream was pretty good and Holly had fun in the splash pool.

After we stayed with my parents in BC, we drove to Idaho to stay in the Idaho Castle with Conor's family. Just like Daria, I would not recommend the castle to anyone. The unfinished details were remarkable. It was terrible, but we'll have that memory to laugh about forever. The only things going for it were: each family had their own room and the view was amazing. Holly really loved spending time with her cousins. I didn't know where she was half the time, but she was pretty much always happy! As usual, Felix and her got on great. But Holly discovered some of her other cousins, like Lola and Finn. It took a little bit for Holly and Lola to warm up to each other but it was the best when I found them upstairs chasing each other and giggling. And Finn and Holly were surprisingly quite the pair. Holly's really high energy and Finn gets scrappy. They were a funny little combo! 

Sweet baby Greta is 6 months old. She gets funner and funner every day! Her giggle and smile light up my life. The poor thing isn't feeling well at all just like the rest of us. Right now, she prefers having a bottler or soother in her mouth and she wants to be snuggled. Speaking of a soother, Greta loves her soother! She's come a long way. She used to despise soothers, but now she takes one every time she goes to sleep and during the day when she gets fussy. It's been great. 

Greta at 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 months.

I gave birth to a very cherubically beautiful baby. Greta is such a little darling. She melts my heart. Not only is she an extremely adorable and chubby baby, but she also has a very sweet personality to match! She's my sunshine.

This past Saturday, we headed to the Boardwalk and Beach at Santa Cruz. It was the perfect day! We spent the morning walking around the boardwalk. Holly and Conor rode a couple rides (I loved that we didn't have to pay and entry free, just for the rides we chose to go on) and then we went and grabbed some yucky carnival food for lunch. (Note to self: next time, choose the soft serve ice cream over the funnel cake) While Conor went to grab our beach stuff, Holly and I rode the 100 year old Looff carousel. It was great! Holly loves carousels and so do I. The riders on the outside edge could grab metal rings and throw them at a creepy laughing clown. The idea was to get the ring into the clown's cylindrical mouth and which point it would make a noise. Holly liked to mimic the people throwing the rings. It was really cute!

The beach was amazing! The sand was so soft and fine. Holly loved flitting around on the beach running in and out of the water, until she fell and got sucked under. Fortunately, Conor swiftly grabbed her, but she was still wary of the water for quite a while. It was fine, because Holly loved playing in the sand and laying on her stomach in the stuff. She had sand everywhere by the time we left! We had such a great time. The beach was perfect, the sun was shining, everyone was happy. We have to go back to Santa Cruz!