Weekend in Monterey

This past weekend we were able to go to Monterey and stay at my parent's house again. It was nice to stay there with furniture this time. It was a beautiful weekend with nice sunshine in the mornings and patchy fog in the afternoon. Our friends John and Brenda joined us for the weekend, so of course there was a lot of laughter and good conversation. Kevin only had to be at school until noon on Friday, so we made it to Monterey about 3:30. We unpacked the car and then headed out for a walk to the beach. John and Brenda joined us around 7:00 and we had some dinner.

On Saturday morning we of course got up nice and early, since we have a one year old, which gave us plenty of time to take a nice walk by the water. We headed back to the house so Ethan could take a nap and the girls could watch The Devil Wears Prada and the boys watched sports, a nice benefit of the few TVs in the house. When Ethan woke up we ate lunch and then headed out to Point Lobos for a gorgeous hike by the ocean. We had a few clouds while we were hiking, but it was pretty nice for November. That night John and Brenda cooked a great meal for us and then we played a rousing game of Blokus.

Ethan and Daddy checkin' out the waves.

Ethan needed a break from the backpack.

The boys checking out the HUGE waves.

Ethan and Brenda playing "rock music."

Sunday morning was another beautiful morning, but we had to clean up and get on the road before the weekend traffic started. It was a great weekend and we feel blessed to have a house like that to go to and friends like the De Jongs to share it with. (check out the DeJong's blog on the right for more details of our weekend)

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Here is another random picture of Ethan. He found one of Kevin's whistles and has learned how to blow it. He also loves to wear our sunglasses and be a "cool guy."