Morro Bay, CA

If you follow the coast up to Central California you will reach Morro Bay.  We were feeling brave and took the boys up there camping with Jared's family last month.  Sean slept great, Max took a while to settle down but had fun in the dirt and especially loved the "fire works" or camp fire.  He had his first s'more.  Here are some great shots by my talented photographer sister in law, Jessica.  It is really beautiful there!

and here are some that I took of the trip.

 M playing peek-a-boo with grandma.

 for a good part of the drive we were on the 101,which runs right next to the ocean as you go north,   Such a beautiful drive!  i snapped all of these from the car.

a few more from August

we tried water colors for the first time - success!

Max loves trains.  We got him his first train set right before General Conference last Fall, he played with it through the whole thing.  Since then his track/train collection has grown a lot.  He still asks to get them out every day! (not exaggerating)

 at Church waiting for Daddy to finish a meeting.

 more choo-choos, Sean likes to watch.  Max better watch out when he starts to crawl!

 Sean is more than willing to share his toys. . .

 hanging out together while Max naps (over 3 hours sometimes!) it's nice to have some time for just Sean.

 waking up from a nap on the day he turned 2.5!  (August 26th) He's actually been climbing out every once in a while . . . thinking about the toddler bed.

 Just randomly found this photo in the August folder and really liked it!

Last day with the cousins!

after disneyland we had one more day to play before everyone flew home in the evening.  

 aren't cousins awesome?

we miss you all!  come back soon!

Disneyland with the Fam

When our family was visiting for Sean's blessing we all went to Disneyland. It was a blast, we now have season passes for the next year (So Cal residents get a good deal, Max is still free.) so watch out for more DL pics! We've been back since this trip and have had a lot of fun. We went to California Adventure for the first time, which was better than I thought. They're actually building a "Cars Land" there like mini radiator springs that looks like it is going to be amazing!

I am impressed with how well my mom can use her I-phone!
Riding Small World with my mom and Max was extra special. Ever since I can remember, my family talks about how when I was 2.5 we came to Disneyland and all I wanted to do was ride Small World. My mom just took me on it over and over while my dad took the other kids around. Here we are going on Small World again, many years later and Max is the same age as I was that trip, down to the month!

Sean absolutely LOVED Small World too! Big eyes the whole time.

Jared and Jessica

This isn't the best pic but we always eat lunch here when we go. It is a great little spot, always shady and ducks waddle around. Does anyone else always eat at this spot? I'm surprised it's not more popular, we always get a seat!

This is on the Nemo Submarine ride, this pic makes me laugh b/c Max is about to say "funny fish!"