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Friday, June 30, 2017

Kelley comes to visit

Kelley came for the last week of June and we loved every second with her. Aquarium, beach, lone cypress, Lula's tour, river in Big Sur, walks, games, shopping, matching shirts, good food, and great talks. I love my sister!

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Summer bucket list

The kids and I came up with a bucket list for summer and we had fun doing a lot of these activities!
Here we are exploring some Monterey history downtown.
 The boys attended a couple of camps and had a blast! Declan got his face painted one day.
 On a walk to the beach, Audrey found a painted rock--a trend sweeping the nation.
 Kite flying at the beach on a family walk.
One day we decided to take the trolley from the Aquarium to the Monterey farmer's market. The traffic was terrible, so we sat on the trolley for 45 minutes, when it should have taken 8-10 minutes! Poor Ian needed a bathroom, so it got a little frantic, and boredom was high, but we made it to the market (where Mr. B patiently waited for us), found a bathroom, and ate some yummy food, which made everything better.
Mr. B flew out to Missouri to attend his cousin Julian's wedding, and while he was getting some work done before I took him to the airport, Audrey and I left the screen-focused boys behind with Dad and had a fun beach date! We had to get back pretty quickly to take Mr. B to the airport, but we HAD to take advantage of the rare summer sunshine.
 Mr. B having fun with his nieces at the wedding reception.
  One day I took the kids bowling, which was fun until the boys realized that one of them would lose, ugh. Let's not go again for a few years.
  Summer is off to a great start!!

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

June family fun

As soon as school got on on June 2nd, we headed to the beach with friends to celebrate the start of summer break!
We spent a Saturday as a family picking berries--strawberries and ollalieberries. Delicious berries and amazing jam!

 Declan lost his first baby tooth!! This was a couple weeks after he also got his first set of stitches--the first Monday of summer break, he hit the back of his head on the fireplace and had to get stitched up at urgent care. At least the tooth was expected. Love this cutie!