whitney's blog: Oh ya! California Vacation/Hangin' with Hailey

My Grandma and Grandpa Kimball

Last week, (the first week of harvest break), me and my mom went to California to visit my grandfather. My grandma died in February so he was a little lonely. We flew down there last Sunday. But we had to drive to Salt Lake City first. We checked in our bags at the airport, parked our car and took that little bus thing over to the front of the airport. While we were on the little bus thing my mom got a call on her cell phone. It was Delta, (the plane we were flying on), they said that our flight to Oakland had been cancelled!! We went and asked the guy that worked there and he said he could either put us on the plane to San Jose or Sacramento. But he said that on the San Jose flight there was only 1 seat left. Duh dude, there's 2 of us standing here! So we decided to go on the Sacramento flight. My mom's brother lived there so that helped out alot. Before we got on the flight my mom hurried and called my Uncle Jeff to see if he could pick her up. Well it was Sunday and they were just on their way to church. He said that he had to teach a class after Sacrament but my Aunt Kathleen could pick us up. We were so glad! After we got off the flight we went to the baggage claim and couldn't find our bags. But of course we checked in our bags before we found out that our flight was cancelled. So we went to the baggage service to ask where they were and she said they flew to San Francisco. Oh, Great! She said they will get it delivered as soon as they can. After that we went to wait for aunt Kathleen. She got there and then we went back to their house. First we got a jamba juice. YUM! RAZZMATAZZ BABY! Anyways, we went back and got my uncle Jeff and headed to Danville. (Where my grandpa lives.) On our way there my cousin Troy called us and told us to meet him at the Hick'ry Pit. Gross name, yet Good food! We got there about 4:30 and met Troy, his wife Marissa, their kids Devin & Emily, my aunt Kath, my cousin Crystal, & my Grandpa there. After we ate we went to my Grandpa's house and talked for a while. Everyone left, except for my grandpa and my mom of course, and me and my mom were pooped. We went straight to bed. It was 7:30! PM! I think that is the earliest I have ever gone to bed. On Monday I just hung out. My mom and I went to the grocery store and that's about it. But we also fed friends of my grandpa's. On Tuesday was pretty much the same as Monday except for that we went to the country club for lunch and went to Troy and Marissa's house in Concord for dinner. It was alot of fun. All the adults ate inside at the dinner table while me, Devin, and Emily sat outside eating our dinner every now and then while playing football. Haha! Wednesday was pretty much the same as Monday and Tuesday except for we went to the cemetary with Aunt Kath to see Grandma's grave. That night, we fed my cousin Brandon, his girlfriend Sara, my aunt Kath, my cousin Crystal, and us! It was alot of fun to see all my cousins. Thursday me and my mom cleaned up the guestroom and the guest bathroom because we would be leaving that day. My mom went to the grocery store one more time and I just stayed there. At about 1:30 we left for the Oakland Airport. Luckily, this flight wasn't cancelled. We flew safely back to Salt Lake and drove to Blackfoot. We slept the night at Angie's house because my mom had Statement Day for Angie's business on Friday. I stayed with Angie and went to Rigby with her girls to go and visit Hailey's class. It was alot of fun. Hailey had each kid stand up and say something interesting about them which turned into a talent show of human tricks. WOW. It was wierd to see Hailey teach and hear the kids call her Mrs. Bradshaw. She is such a good teacher.