.: Trip to Bakersfield and a New Camera!

So we decided to go up to Bakersfield this weekend to visit with Grandpa Joe and Grandma Jill; we all had a great time. Aiden did splendidly on the car ride, thanks to Disney's Cars and no traffic. We went to Grandpa Joe's house (he's in Bakersfield temporarily for work) and visited; Aiden got a big wet kiss from Ben (the golden retriever). Aiden also got some early Christmas gifts: a set of cars, a big Tonka fire truck (complete with Uncle Matt action figure), a Noah's Ark Little People set, and a bunch of super cute clothes (Mommy likes those).

Later that night we took my parents to Benji's, a local Basque restaurant that is so yummy!!!!! It was packed but we got a seat and enjoyed every one of the many courses served; it's like French home cooking/comfort food, can I get an mmmmmmmm!!!!! Anyways, we had a nice weekend trip and got to show my parents where David grew up. We really enjoyed seeing Grandpa Joe and Grandma Jill.

Oh, and I almost forgot; just before our trip we got a new camera, woo hoo! Our Canon point and shoot digital is slowing down (Aiden isn't even in the same galaxy by the time the darn thing is ready to take a picture, ugh). So we decided to go with a Nikon Coolpix P80, it's the perfect type of camera for us: a lot more zoom and megapixels than our last one but not quite so advanced as a digital SLR, which I probably wouldn't be able to figure out :) So the first picture below is the very first shot we took with the new camera.