A Weekend Getaway

This summer we planned a couple of short trips rather than a long vacation. It was easier with the babies to just do that rather than get court approval to go out of state & worry about breaking up visits with bdad (which haven't been happening anyway).

Last weekend we went to Monterey. We've lived here for 9 years this month and we've never been to Monterey other than driving through! I decided it was time to go. 

Our first day we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium:

These jelly fish were really cool!

Lunch at Bubba Gump!

Michael wearing Forrest Gump's shoes. I really wanted that Box of Chocolates

This octopus was awesome! He was all white and the info said when he gets mad he turns colors. I jokingly told Michael to tap on the glass to get him mad. He did, and the octopus immediately started changes colors. Quite the temper he has! haha

Day 2: San Jose Children's Museum (best children's museum I've ever been to)

 Brock is always finding his way to the drivers seat! He's so enthused over trucks so this was a special treat for him.

 The bubble maker - Michael

 And he found another one!

 They have a Clifford exhibit right now, last time we went several years ago it was Curious George

 The water room was really fun, and those gowns didn't help much

Our artist, always happy to be creating something

Day 3: Dennis The Menace Park & Carmel

 This red slide underneath was rollers that you go down

 The unfortunate part of this park is the kids don't know who Dennis the Menace is. 

We'll have to fix that.

 Paddle boat was a fun end to the park. We took turns since we didn't want to take the babies. 

Carmel

 It's so beautiful here!

 Pebble Beach Golf Course

I love this picture. Not because of me but this is what Avery does, she points at everything exciting and babbles.
So cute!

 We have beautiful beaches but this sand was white! It was finer than ours also. Matt said that must be where they get the sand for ash trays. lol

 Our kids, always digging in the sand

You've got to check out the house between the trees if you can see it. Look at the roof!
We found several houses like that.

Matt is our photographer and he took over 200 pictures of our weekend. They all turned out great! (However I should probably steal the camera next time to get some shots of him.) It was nice to get away and have a break from all that's going on at the house. The kids favorite part of the vacation? The hotel swimming pool of course. Why do we bother??