Dim Sum, Clam Chowder in Boudin Bread Bowls & The Jelly Belly Factory

 

I just really liked this picture of Lia relaxed at home...holding her baby (that she just delivered with NO shots from her shirt bottom)

                                           A happy picture of my dad with all of the kiddos

 Kiri and Lia are really into making this silly cross-eyed face...Kiri with Li Yue-xi (my uncle)

 Lia with my dad

 He loves baby D and Baby D loves him!!!

 Speaking on love fests...these cousins wouldn't stop playing and huddling in a group hug...

 it definitely warms the heart!

 Eating clam chowder in bread bowls at Boudin Sourdough bakery & restaurant...LOVE their sourdough bread..

 the kids loved it, too...but they still had their hearts on these sourdough animal loaves they had on display...Max wanted the turtle and the girls got greedy and wanted crazy things like lion loaves and a fairy princess loaf...

 Baby D was just happy with...BUTTER...he really is a little Jim Phillips!

 After lunch we decided to go to Fairfield to the Jelly Belly factory...surprisingly in all my years at UC Davis, I never visited the factory.

 the signage in front of the building...

 The front entry way...

 In Line for the tour...everyone had to wear their hats!

...Even baby D...I'm sure all moms think the best of their children, often glossing over their short comings...but, I have to say, Baby D makes it hard to not want more kids...he is always happy and bright and full of excitement...we should have named him Isaac for all the joy he brings to our family, of course each of my kids could be named Isaac...maybe I could do what George Foreman did and name them all the same name (except he named them all George Foreman)!

 The tour

Lia getting Bean Boozled!

 Kiri getting Bean Boozled!

 Max getting Bean Boozled!

 Ronald Reagan, whose love of jelly Belly's first gave Jelly Belly's their start to fame (his favorite was Black Licorice...one of my favorites as president...not in flavor choices!)

The last picture before we parted ways...always so fun to see cousins!!!