California family trip

Only three days after Roman and I returned from Missouri, we all hopped on a plane again to go to California. Grandpa Franks passed away back in January and was cremated. The whole family got together in Sacramento to celebrate his life. It was a wonderful service.

Flying standby in June is just plain not fun! All of the flights were full! We ended up having to purchase tickets for me on Southwest going and returning. The flight there was horrible! It left around 4pm and didn't land until 8pm west coast time. I strongly dislike Southwest! It's like a big greyhound bus in the sky and we had to stop twice before getting to Sac, but weren't allowed off the plane. Luckily Matt and I packed our entire pantry for Roman so he could eat dinner on the plane. Midway through the flight, Roman found his voice and kept doing a screeching yell over and over again for about 30 minutes. It wasn't a cry, just an excited yell!! I'm sure everyone loved us! Part of me didn't really care though because I, for once, was a paying customer! Roman did amazing considering the whole trip, his eating and sleeping schedule was completely thrown off. He was amazing!

Early Thursday morning, I received a huge greeting from the Triplets!

We were all so excited to be together!

The whole family stayed at the Embassy Suites and all ate breakfast together

We rode with Mike and Meg to San Francisco.

Driving over the Golden Gate Bridge

I just love this city!!

First stop: Scoma's for lunch!! We had to wait for them to get a table for 13 together!

Matt had Roman outside and kept playing with everyone through the window. Cute!

Whitney, Meg, and Ashley

Pam, Grandma Jones, Whitney, Meg, and Ashley

Mike and Meg at lunch

Everyone walking down Fisherman's Wharf

The kids loved riding in Grandma's wheel chair!

Roman loved the Seals!

The Seals are back! Man, they're stinky!

The family in San Fran!

Three generations

Burr... It was so cold on the Wharf!

Next stop, Buena Vista! We all enjoyed an original Irish Coffee while Roman slept in the stroller in the corner! He was amazing!

Beautiful San Francisco!

Mark, Whitney, The Triplets, Matt, Ashley, and Roman

Early Friday morning we all headed to the chapel in Sacramento for Grandpa's service

The Franks Family

David, Grandma Franks, Uncle Vic, and Jackie

Bill did an amazing speech about the memories of his father

Aunt Judith and Bill

Matt, Ashley, and Roman next to a picture of Grandpa

This is the glass case where they put Grandpa's ashes next to uncle Jim

They got a picture of all of the friends and family at the service

All of the Franks men together!

Bill and Pam with their three boys and Grandpa's picture

After the ceremony, we all headed to a park in Sacramento for food and play. It was such a great idea! Roman LOVES the triplets!

Seriously! Does it get any cuter?!!!

I think Matt had as much fun as the kids did at the playground!

Roman always loves a good swing!

Meg and Mike had a blast with the kids too! Oh, and Matt of course!

Grandma helped Roman get dressed to go swimming at the nearby public pool.

It's swimming time!!!

We all loved being in the pool!

You can tell Roman had a blast too!

I'm so glad that Grandma Jones got to come with us to California from Tulsa. I just love this picture of both of our Grandma's together! Beautiful!

Overall, it was an amazing trip! Grandpa Franks had a long, full life. He now has a large family to pass it on. We loved having the whole family together! Thanks Bill and Pam for everything you did to get us all together! We love you!