The day before I left for Cali, Anna Kate brought Rose a treat while she was taking one of her sitz baths!  Rose was so excited, and I was so touched by her thoughtfulness.  The girls have seen Rose’s scar where they drained her leg, and they both have had such compassion on her!

 

My sweetie pies! 

The morning I arrived, I went outside in the Ziemke’s back yard and just laid in the sun!  It was such a break from all the chaos!

Back in Texas, Mike dressed the girls to go grocery shopping and lined them up for a picture to text me… Go Mikey!

This picture just about broke my heart I missed them so… then I noticed N had on mascara, and I flipped out!  Lol!

Mike sent me this picture too!  He said Rose walked around watching the iPad for 30 minutes one day… she never stays focused for that long on anything!  My baby’s growing up!

 

Back in Cali, Cindy and I were testing out possible photo shoot locations for their Christmas card around their yard… and totally goofing off while doing so!  After the big shoot the next day, we went to the cutest little Mexican joint for dinner.  I ate a lot.  They were all like, “What!?!  Where did all that food go?”  If you know me, you know how I eat… it was so good!

Corbie loves him some video games, so I had fun watching him doing his thing… and listening to his silly music while he played!  It was cracking me up!

Cell phone pic of me and my friend!  Love.her.

These guys are two peas in a pod!

Cha cha cha!

Cindy and I enjoyed driving around with our “It’s a Grind” mochas before heading to the airport… Cali is so beautiful!  The Pacific air is so fresh!

Cindy drove me around Clarissa’s school, Cal State University Long Beach! 

And just like that, I was headed back to Texas!  This is a bird’s eye view of California, Long Beach area.

Mike texted me this picture while I was in the air.  The girls were on their way to pick up Anna Kate from school and sooo excited to see their Mommy!  I was just as excited to see my girls!!!

 

Mike made the kiddos pancakes on Saturday morning… he pretty much rocked it out the entire weekend!  I don’t know another man who could take care of three little girls for 3 days and 3 nights all by himself.  I’m so proud!  Noelle, Anna Kate and Rose had a modeling job the day I got back, so we were out of town that whole next day.  It will be pj land around here for a while until I can get caught up, but this fall has been a blast so far!