Our Busy Little World
Aug. 21, 2008 - We're Back!
This time I have a good reason for not having posted lately. We've been on holiday - and a lovely one at that! We just spent two weeks driving, playing at the ocean, visiting our dear family and friends and enjoying some time away together. We all loved our trip, and have come home with many wonderful memories (along with four hundred pictures!) It was a TON of driving - we drove the whole way to the California coast and back, and also quite a bit throughout, but I think the girls did great for so many hours in the car! We spent our first week together at a lovely little Bed & Biscuit in Pescadero, CA - the very first time the girls have seen the ocean! In reading Milly Molly Mandy Goes To The Sea so many times, we often remember how land-locked we are, yet we desire our girls to share our love of the ocean. It was a chilly 57 degrees all week, but we loved it nonetheless. We waded, played in the sand, and explored tide pools together - it really was quite refreshing, as we've never officially taken a family vacation before.
After our seaside week, we spent a bit over another week visiting different friends and family here and there, a couple days at a time. It was such a wonderful experience to share in our friends' homes for a little while - there is something special I have learned from each of them. The girls enjoyed sleeping in everything from "princess beds" in the B & B, to sleeping bags, shared bunks with friends, sisters, or mom and dad, car seats, even big couch cushions! It was a great way to learn some fun flexibility and have different adventures every night! I think we've come home with a more mellow baby, as the trip seemed to help Alyssa learn to "go with the flow" a bit more. We also got to celebrate her first birthday in California, and we did so by taking the girls to our old favorite Ice Cream spot (Leatherby's), and letting them all have banana splits for dinner! They were pretty bouncy that night!
It was also wonderful to return and realize how much we love our little home. We're all settled back in now, and getting ready to start school quite soon. Here are some of the many, many, many California pictures we came home with:
I'll try to post more from the trip when I get a chance . . . .
Comments
Aug. 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 4sweetums
What a wonderful vacation. I have never see the west coast. Ahhh! Someday! Glad you are back safe and sound.
Blessings,
Dawn
Aug. 22, 2008 - hi
Posted by byourlove1
I have been missing your post! So glad you had such a wonderful time on your vacation, you sure got some great pics!
Angela
Aug. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
AH... the memories of the coast. How I do miss it some days, but like you gald to get back to home!!
Can't wait to see more pics of the beautiful ocean and the children enjoying the waves!!
Also Leatherby's such a great place to have ice cream!! another thing i miss but not enough to move back!!
Krystine
Aug. 26, 2008 - Awesome pictures!
Posted by cjmotherof4
I just happened to stumble upon your blog--the pictures of your holiday are wonderful!
Blessings,
Carolyn
Sep. 1, 2008 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by bbullard
Melissa, I love Naomi's hat! LOL!
I've been there and done that, so much so that I would even tell the girls, "No swimming today" when the new hair-do was in place. All of your girls are simply beautiful, and growing like wild corn (a phrase my father-in-law loves, and it's so appropiate).
Also, congratulations on the new horse! When I saw the note about breeding and then the picture of the teddy bear, I thought, what? Now I'm finally understanding. Thanks for sharing.
Edited by bbullard on Sep. 1, 2008 at 4:41 PM
