Family Time - April 21

I have been meaning to come back and write about our family trip but it seems like I keep forgetting. We had a great weekend recently with just the Garrison Five in Monterey. We drove down on a Sunday afternoon and started out our trip with an A's Baseball game. Everyone had a great time, especially Charlie who plays on the A's this year. He loved it! He got into the spirit of the game and was cheering along with everyone.

After the game we drove down the coast to Monterey. We checked into a cute little hotel not far from cannery row. The first night we went into town and went to Bubba Gumps and had a blast. Charlie loved the shrimp! Audrey was so cute the whole time giving everyone the cheesiest grins. After dinner Annie saw a candy store across the street so we took the kids and let them each pick a few pieces of candy out of the barrels (little did we know 10 pieces of nickel candy would cost us $12!).

The next day we took the kids to the Aquarium. John loves sea life and I think he might have had more fun then the kids. The Aquarium had lots of hands on things for the kids to do and touch. They all loved touching the star fish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, even Audrey. Charlie loved the telescopes outside. That afternoon, I took the kids to the Dennis the Menace park for a few hours so John could take care of some work then when he was done, I took Audrey back to the hotel and he took Annie & Charlie miniature golfing. (Now every time John takes Charlie golfing at home Annie doesn't get that it isn't miniature golfing!).

That night we went to a great pizza parlor John & I went to on our honeymoon, then we drove down the coast a little bit and took the kids down to the beach for a short walk. It was freezing but they all loved it. While John was trying to get a picture of me and the kids in front of the surf a giant wave came up and got us all wet!

The next morning we took the kids back to the aquarium for an hour or two and then we headed home. We got a season pass for the aquarium so we are excited to be able to go back anytime!

On the drive home John and I were talking about how perfect our little trip was, we all had a great time and the kids are getting easier to take on little outings like this!