Sunday, July 19, 2009

Spencer's trip with Dad to California

Michael here. A few weeks ago I got an inquiry from a company in Santa Monica about doing some training for them. They happen to be five miles from Paul and Rachel's summer apartment. So I started wishful thinking about bringing Spencer with me. I'm always happy when I'm traveling for my business because it's good work. But I feel all the travel and nights in hotels are wastes. Having a child along would make it special.

Well things worked out with the company, and Rachel very generously agreed to watch Spencer while I performed the training for half the day. So Spencer got to come! We flew in on Tuesday morning and went to the Smart's nice studio apt. Rachel had dinosaur mac and cheese and I knew Spencer was in good hands. While I had a great experience with the company, she took Spencer to the beach!

Spencer told me, "We chased the birds and made sand castles with a cup." When they came home Spencer took up a pastime he is only allowed to pursue during travel (see below).


When Uncle Paul got home he took Spencer to the park. When I got home we were treated to a great dinner of turkey burgers, then took a stroll through the neighborhood next to UCLA and got root beer floats. My favorite part of the trip was hanging out with Paul and Rachel. Then we all sacked out, because Spencer had a big day planned on Wednesday.

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