Visit from family!

My mom and friend Katy came out to visit us two weekends ago. It was wonderful to have them out here! The time FLEW by, as usual, but we were still able to get everything done on Katy's 'wish list'... we visited Matt and his class at RCS, did LOTS of shopping, went to Hollywood to "roll on the stars", went to Santa Monica Pier, and even had a baby shower with friends of mine from work... all in just a long weekend.


Matt's 6th grade classes wrote Katy letters a few weeks ago... part lesson in letter writing, part pen pal thing. Katy loved the letters and was so glad to get the chance to actually go see the students and talk to them a bit. (and I'm pretty sure Matt enjoyed the break from actually having to teach)


Katy and Matt's class.


The girls from work threw me a baby shower... so nice that my mom was able to be here for that.





We got a lot of really great gifts for the baby. We're really starting to feel more prepared to meet Baby DeBoer.


The picture is a bit blurry but the onesie says "diaper loading...78% complete" - cute.

My Aunt Marilyn and cousins, Heather and Kristen, were also able to be here for the shower. It was really nice to see them and catch up a bit.


Mom and Katy outide the wax museum in Hollywood.

We didn't actually go in the wax museum but it was fun to see the scene from The Wizard of OZ out in front. (the women in my family have a strange obsession with the wizard of oz)


Katy with "Marilyn Monroe"... and we didn't even have to tip 'Marilyn' for the picture.

Mom and Katy outside the Chinese Theater - too bad it started raining while we were looking at all the footprints and handprints. Oh well, a little rain never hurt anyone.


Katy at Santa Monica Beach... first time seeing the beach!

We really had a great time and managed to squeeze a lot in a short amount of time. Poor Katy was stuck in an uncomfortable wheelchair the whole time though. They had rented some equipment to make the trip easier for her - including a lift, hospital bed, handicap accessible van, and power chair. Unfortunately, the power chair didn't quite work for her - it was more like a scooter. Matt, on the other hand, had a BLAST with that chair and was in it constantly when Katy wasn't trying to use it. He really got quite good at manuevering around and let me tell you, those suckers can move! I should have gotten a video of it or at least some pictures but I wasn't thinking.