A couple of weeks ago we packed up the twins and drove 500 or so miles up to the Bay Area for a whirlwind tour of family. We started with Grandmother in my hometown of Santa Cruz. We took the kids to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a local amusement park where I spent much of my youth, which also happened to be where I took Andrea on our first date – 10 years ago. Talk about coming full circle.

Next on the tour was the Mighty family of Maggie, Bryan and baby Hank. He was a tired little dude but we got to see his beautiful self up close and that was totally worth it. As you can see Bryan and Maggie were big hits with Swee’Pea and TheMonk.

Finally, we saw my brother’s family – which included my nephew Thomas and the newest addition to the family – little baby Caroline whose squeaks were just way too cute.

Enjoy the photos.