My stepmom and Grandma are in town these few days and they are staying with her sister in San Ramon.  We met up with them along with other relatives for dim sum on Sunday.  It was a quick lunch as they had to get ready to attend a wedding.  But I made plan to take my mom and grandma to visit her cousin in San Francisco on Monday.  Monday was the boys’ first day of Fall Break, but the driving plan was definitely not very kid friendly, so Stuart took a day to keep them at home instead.  They played tennis in the morning, played games in the afternoon before Connor’s soccer practice in late afternoon.   I ended up spending 5.5 hours driving all over the Bay Area, but it was not too bad as my mom and I caught up with many things.  At the end of the day, as I returned to our neighborhood, I made it just in time for the end of soccer practice.  The boys ran all the way up to me when they saw me.  This moment definitely made up for the long drive.