End of Summer

We have been so busy the past few months! Too much too blog about and not enough time to sit down to write. In an attempt to catch up...here we go! We'll start with our trip to Santa Cruz in August!!



After returning from our camping adventures in July, we headed to Santa Cruz for some more vacation time! While in Santa Cruz, we were able to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the day. Mia LOVED all the fish and even learned how to say "fish" while we were there.

Mia LOVED the touch pools!

We also spent lots of time with Doc and Gram at the beach and the park!

It wouldn't be a trip to Santa Cruz without riding the Merry Go Round at the Boardwalk!

Camping at Burney Falls

We had a wonderful time on our annual camping trip to Burney Falls...so much fun that we actually went twice. Since I couldn't get any time off from work, we drove up to Burney Falls on Friday and stayed through Monday with Papa Peter and Grandma Shelly. I then worked Tuesday and Wednesday and went back up camping on Thursday and stayed until Monday. In addition to Papa Peter and Grandma Shelly, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Michelle and Cousin Kaiya also joined us! It was really nice because we were able to leave all our things at the campsite and even left our tent pitched! It made it really easy to come back up! Mia LOVED everything about camping....the tent, the campfires, the beach, the hikes in the backpack, and especially helping Grandma Shelly with the dishes!

Reading with Papa Peter

Asleep in the backpack after a hike

Mia and Cousin Kaiya

Reading the paper

Feeding Papa Peter on the beach

Opening bottles with Grandma Shelly

A hike to the falls in the backpack with Daddy!

MMMMM...Grandma Shelly's famous Banana French Toast

Happy camping girl!!

Helping Grandma Shelly with the dishes!