Christmas

The holidays just show how behind we are on blogging.... We had a wonderful Christmas together as a family. We spent our time at home in Carpinteria, baking cookies, hanging out with friends and just enjoying being together. Braedyn got lots of fun gifts from everyone including some cool puzzles and lots of other stuff. Merry Christmas to everyone, just a little late...

 
 
 
 

Sunset bike ride on the beach

A couple nights before Christmas we went for a evening ride along the beach to watch the sunset.

 

Christmas

We had more fun decorating cookies, and Braedyn got to open an early present. Then there was more Christmas singing. This kid loves his Jingle Bells song and all music in general (can you tell?)!!

 
 
 

Christmas Time

We've been baking lots of cookies and decorating them and taking them around to the neighbors. Braedyn has been getting some more sugar than normal... He's been enjoying Christmas this year and is eagerly anticipating Christmas morning. He's been learning lots of new Christmas songs as well. Here is a rendition of Jingle Bells on the Drums.

 
 
 

Hiking

This hike included a beautiful view of a waterfall pouring onto the beach.

On our drive home we headed back down Hwy 1. There were a couple of nice short trails that we stopped off at for some hiking to break up the long drive a little bit.

Big Sur

On our way home home from Monterey we stopped for lunch at a favorite little spot in Big Sur. After we ate Braedyn got to fulfill his innate need for throwing rocks into rivers.

More Park

A few more pictures from Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey.

Steam Engine

At Dennis the Menace park there is an old steam engine that is open for kids to play on. Braedyn had a blast running around and jumping off of it.

Dennis the Menace Park

There is a great park in Monterey called Dennis the Menace park. There are tons of slides swings, hills, bridges, rocks, sandpits, a maze and all sorts of other fun stuff. We ended up spending 2 days here as it was so much fun.

Aquarium

A couple more shots from our day at the Monterey Aquarium.

Monterrey Aquarium

One of the reasons for the trip to Monterrey was the well known Aquarium here. We spent the morning there and had a blast. It was certainly a cool aquarium.




Having fun under a wave!

Weekend Getaway

Over Thanksgiving weekend we drove up to Monterrey, CA to do some sight seeing. We took scenic Hwy 1 the whole way up which goes along the jagged Big Sur coast. It was a beautiful drive along the ocean. We stopped for lunch and also made a stop off at SandDollar Beach for a quick hike down to burn off some energy.