On the second day, Yvonne’s family wanted to check out Big Basin for hiking.  Michelle had mentioned that the drive going there was twisty, so I had contemplated not taking the boys to avoid Logan’s motion sickness.  However the boys had really bonded with the cousins that they chose to spend another full day with them.  We left the house after the kids had a chance to play games, then we picked up some sandwiches and we were on our way.  I had prepared Logan with Dramamine, and after all the kids played for awhile, Logan took a nice nap during the drive.  The park was beautiful with lots of tall redwoods, and the temperature was just right.  With the bigger group, it seemed to take a lot longer to get going, and we were finally ready to hike one of the shortest routes.  Yvonne was very excited and we made many stops to take pictures with the amazing trees.  We finished the first loop and we stopped to have our lunch.  We checked out the gift shop afterward and had an ice cream break.  By the time we were ready for the second short loop, we only made a few minutes into the trail before we had to return.  The boys went back into the gift shop to buy a small stuffed animal using the money auntie Yvonne gave them, and we were all packed in the car to head back. 

     We thought we left ourselves plenty of time to drive to San Ramon to Connie’s house for dinner.  But unfortunately we hit quite a bit of traffic and it ended up taking us three hours to get there.  The kids however did not seem to mind that much; they napped and played games most of the way.  By the time we arrived, the guests and some of the relatives were already there including Stuart who drove from home to meet us.  We had dinner and chatted with others while all the kids there played with Pokemon Go.  The boys had fun playing with all the bigger kids. Connor started to look tired and acting too excitable.  He kept calling Katie his sweetheart.  By then it was before 9pm, Stuart and I decided that we should head home with the boys first while the Liangs stayed behind to chat more. 

    On Friday, I had to return to work, so the boys had to go to camp as well.  The Liang’s plan was to go to San Francisco for a day before going over to the friend’s house for a night and before returning home to Florida.  Thus in the morning, Yvonne took the boys to wake Katie and Kevin up so they could say bye to their cousins.  This was a nice visit with the Liangs, and it was awesome that the cousins could spend some time together.