Big Sur Camping trip

Clay and I have been talking about going camping in Big Sur for so long! We finally were about to make it happen and the one weekend we make it work, there were huge forrest fires! We decided to go anyway. The 1 was closed so we had to take a huge detour. We had a lot of fun with a few minor "not so fun moments." We went with the West's and the Blad's, poor little Marley got sick and spent all of friday night throwing up, they took her to the ER at about 4am, they returned and Marley was back to her cute self. It was pretty smokey and ashy and the boys did not get to surf, and I know they were pretty bummed about it. We didn't get to see some of the prettiest spots due to the closure of the Hwy. Other than that we had a good time. Any time hanging out with my two favorite boys is a good time!

One the way up we went to Hearst's castle and stopped to see the Elephant Seals. When we got to the campsite Gav spent most of his time playing on the playground, collecting rocks, climbing rocks, playing in the little river etc.

Clay and Con came up with an obstacle course on the playground, it was pretty entertaining to watch. Gav loved it, he even taught the course to some older boys the next day, and he sat there and timed them while they ran it. Diana even did the obstacle course. Lucky for them, I am pregnant so I couldn't put there "race times" to shame. Next time guys!!!

On the way home Clay and I drove up to Santa Cruz and relived some of Clay's childhood memories. It was a lot of fun to spend time together and see new places! We will totally have to do it again!

Gavin and I at Hearst's Castle

Just about to indulge on some s'moresInside a redwood tree

Gavin & Marley on the swings

Right next to our campsite
A view from side of road
The little river right behind our campsite
Gavin jumped of this rock and was so proud of himself

A perfect day! (almost)

It had been hot for several days, so we decided to spend Saturday at Thousand Steps in Laguna Beach. It was the perfect day (except for the fact that we didn't have Gavin with us) We arrived at the beach at about 4:30 and it was SO HOT! Can't imagine if we would have been there an earlier! The boys played in the water and skim boarded. (it was hilarious, there is some pretty funny video of some wipeouts) The girls just hung out, played frisbe, talked and just had the best time. The kids were great and it was so relaxing. We finally left at around 8pm and headed to dinner.

If Gavin was with us, it would have been PERFECT!