Point Lobos

These are just a few of the many photos we took at Point Lobos State Park. By the time we were done in Monterey, we had taken over 500 pictures!





Point Lobos is famous for its tide pools. You can find crabs, sea anemones, and other sea life living around the rocks.





It is amazing the difference of each beach within the park. Some had pebbles and rocks for its shoreline, while others had the softest sand I have ever felt.



While hiking, we saw rabbits, mice, squirrels, and all kinds of birds.



We came across one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. From the trail above, the water started out pale green, then emerald green, then a dark forest green. We hiked down to it and were the only ones on the beach.







Parker had fun splashing in the surf and Spencer discovered he liked sand.



Point Lobos is definitely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been too. We can't wait to go back!

Another Trip to Monterey

Parker had a day off from school this week, so we headed back down to Monterey to visit the Aquarium again and then to check out Point Lobos where the tide pools are.




The aquarium was much less crowded this visit and we discovered that we had missed an entire wing with the seahorse and otter exhibits on our last visit.





The seahorses were amazing! They had tiny ones as small as your thumbnail and then exotic ones like this dragon seahorse.




Now, I have always loved seahorses, but now after learning more about them, I love them even more!



Spencer really got into the hands on exhibits this time. He even tried to stick his toes in the water.



I love this picture. It was so fun watching Spencer point to the fish and say, "Fishy."



Parker was a great big brother, keeping Spencer entertained and taking him down the otter slide. We had another great day in Monterey!

Playing Hooky

Any of you who know my Grandpa Lloyd are well aware of his infamous fishing reports. Well, I will let his most recent report tell the story of this entry.





Family & Friends : My S-I-L, Tom B. and I took Parker Jeffs, out of school, and out to DV this morning. Parker is Vicki & Tom's oldest Grandson. He is also Karen & my First GREAT- GRANDSON. He is all of 8 years old. Kelli and Justin are his parents.
His Grandpa Tom threatened him all day long that we would take him back so he could confess to missing school, and take any tests he was missing. He also threatened to send an email to his teacher, with pics and time slots indicated.




It was a great day, and the fishing was OK. It wasn't as good as last Wed. We had a large school of striped bass boil about 50 yards south and East of us and I think they spooked the trout. We had had a lot of fish jumping, until the boil.
We were anchored and fishing by 6:25 am. I had a run about 7:10 a. m., which Parker managed to subdue.





But the fishing was pretty slow.By 11:15 a. m.Parker had his 5 fish. He had three salmon and two trout. Tom had reeled in one fish. I didn't fillet it , so I wasn't sure whether it was a salmon or trout. I had three fish , two of which were 17 inch salmon. These were the largest fish we bagged today. One salmon was about 2 1/2 #. We refer to a fish like that as a "Chunky Bugger."




There was only a couple of Quail calls early and a blank on wild turkeys and deer.
Ron, Bob, Marvin and Larry were all out today. They had a total of about13 fish in three boats.
Yes, it is true that we were out last Wed. with early limits. I guess that is the price of being old and mostly retired.
C U next time..........
Gordon

Here Kitty Kitty

My parents recently got another cat. I am not a cat person, but Boo (as my dad calls her--Farrah as she was named originally and still referred to by my mom) is a pretty cute and very playful kitty. I am not sure who loves her more--my dad or Spencer. I am pretty sure he thinks she is his kitty. He likes to bat the fishing pole toy in front of her to paw at.



Boo will hide under the furniture and attack the kids with her killer kitty paws.

Go Rams!

This is Parker's first year of flag football. He is on the Rams and is #5. He plays center and receiver on offense and linebacker on defense.





Parker's cheering section. Notice that Spencer is wearing his BYU football jersey so he can be just like BB.



Water break



The joke, "Hey Parker, you've got something in your teeth!" never got old.




The final score--not too shabby! Go Rams!!!

Why Syrup and Cheerios Don't Mix

My advice--stick to one form of breakfast each day. Here's what happened when Spencer had a waffle and then wanted some cheerios.

Don't Ask

I found Parker sleeping like this the other night and just had to take a picture. I'm not sure why he was like this, but it made me laugh out loud.

Reminiscing

A couple of weeks ago, my old BYU roommate, Melanie, stopped by with her family while heading back home from a family reunion. It was so great to see her and meet her little family. She has two little boys, Payton 3 1/2 and Carson 17 months.





It was nice because the boys all played together, the husbands hit it off, and Mel and I got to sit and catch up on life and reminisce while flipping through my scrapbooks from college.




I feel so blessed to have such great friends!

Monterey Part 2

After the aquarium, we stopped at the Dennis the Menace park before heading to the beach. It is this great public park in Monterey that has all kinds of fun equipment for the kids to play on.

The favorites were the twisty slides and the roller slide.






Parker and Derek loved the climbing wall and Justin loved showing them some of his old moves.





This was me by the end of the day. Too much fun for mom!



Our last stop was at the state beach across the street from the park. The water was freezing. Only the 2 crazy boys were brave enough to go all the way in.



Kaitlyn and I stuck to looking for shells and sea glass. There is nothing like walking along the beach!