Spring Break

We had the best spring break ever.  Jon took the whole week off and we tried to do something fun almost every single day.  It was such a fun, relaxing week.

Santa Cruz

Jas got rolled by a wave and lost one of his shovels to the ocean, but he had an absolute blast in the water.  It was not warm but he did not care.



Journey and I stayed on the sand while Jas played in the water.  A rogue wave got us too, but I was able to save Journey and I spent the rest of the day with wet seat.



Daddy turned Jasper into a sand angel.

They rode the Ferris wheel on the boardwalk.  Turns out Jasper is not scared of heights and Daddy is the one with green gills.

Children's Discovery Museum

Such a fun place.  This is what it looks like as soon as you walk in.

So many things to look at and touch, and she just wanted to slide down the display.



I think Jasper looks pretty proud the their accomplishment.



San Francisco

We drove in on the Golden Gate.

We visited Pier 39 and ate lunch at the Hard Rock.  Jasper was pondering life by this monster crab statue.

Jasper and I rode the carousel.  It was a lot of fun.

We also had to drive down Lombard Street.  We also drove through Chinatown and Haight-Ashbury and through a lot of other parts of the city.  We were glad the rain held off until we were home.

Big Basin State Park

This was one of our favorite places. It's a redwood forest area.  We couldn't believe how big the trees actually are.  It was nice to be out in the fresh air.



This is a banana slug.  They are all over the area.  Weird ugly little things, but the boys were fascinated.

In the museum they have taxidermied animals and snakes and bugs that you can find in the area.  I did think putting the snakes in tubes was a neat way to display them.  You could turn them all the way around to see all the details.

Jasper and Daddy purchased walking sticks but decided to use them as wizard staffs and shoot spells at each other.

These roots must have been at least 12-15 feet and Jasper just climbed to the top like a monkey.

Tuckered out at the end of the week.  It was such a great family adventure.