Heaven is this...
Montana de oro
family time, beach time, exploring, camping, tide pools, smores, campfires, hiking, and kayaking. 24 hours packed full of sweet moments I'll always cherish.
Montana de Oro tide pools
We camped at Morro Bay State Park.
The boys couldn't wait to set up the tent, roast their hot dogs around the campfire and eat their smores. It is the little things in life :)
The boys slept awesome our one and only night there! This was probably the best night of sleep we have ever gotten in our many camping adventures we have had with them. I'm hopeful for the future with our little campers. They are getting better with time :)!
I loved waking up to their sweet, sleepy faces. Noah woke the crew up and the first words out of caleb's mouth were "Hi Noah". They were happy just to be together. And that is one of my favorite things about camping. Waking up together as a family :) (I'm usually so thankful for this after a restless night!! Ha. But they slept great this trip which was nice!)
The boys were in heaven around the campfire. They were busy bees all morning adding paper into it to make the flames go higher. Oh boy, I tried not to think too much about their fascination with fire.
And certainly the smores were a highlight!
Morro Bay Museum
We did a little exploring Saturday afternoon at the Morro bay museum. It was such a gorgeous day over the bay!! You can't help but feel overwhelmed by God's beautiful creation. I was soaking it in.
nothing fancy about this picture, except that I love Dave's laughter captured and the hand holding. These are the little things I love to look back on and remember.
Saturday morning was gorgeous! My dad was set on kayaking. I was a wee bit nervous to attempt this with little ones! Even more so with noah. Well the big boys had a ball. And noah wanted out of the boat and into the water. He was trying to splash and wiggle out of my arms. And the life vest. He hated it.
But before long the waves rocked Noah to sleep and I was able to enjoy the view and the boys' smiling faces.
We had a delicious brunch at this yummy café after our water adventure and then headed to Montana de Oro for a hike to explore the tide pools.
Lucas is being a stinker not wanting to smile for the camera here :) he's blending into the trees tucked behind my legs.
however he can only put on his stink face for so long before his smile gets the best of him :)
my mom was in heaven the entire time. each time we go to slo she talks about morro bay and her trip with my dad in their early days of marriage. Well her dream to go back came true, and all her grandbabies were with her to boot :)! Her joy was contagious :)
I was most excited to take the boys to the tide pools. Not sure who had more fun, me or them :)....
It was such a fun weekend and I'm so glad we made it happen!! We had an almost no go when caleb woke up Friday night and threw up! Our weekend incidents have continued into February I'm afraid :) That's two breathing treatment weekends and two cases of the stomach bug this winter; all for caleb!! Thankfully It was a one time deal on Friday and he woke up happy as can be on Saturday (valentines day!) So we risked it and I'm so glad we did. It was such a special weekend and I'm thankful for such sweet memories made.
I love being able to bring the boys back to a favorite place of ours. San Luis Obispo/ Morro Bay/Montana de oro/ Pismo/Avila, each place holds such special memories of our college days and being able to share our favorite spots with the boys is so fun.
Home sweet home now and enjoying a week home with my boys and so thankful for a week of no school to rest and recover from the car shuffling/nap coordinating/school drop off/pick up craziness. love having all my boys home with me!!! Dave's flowers are in bloom and our yard smells scrumptious!
Happy
Tuesday!!!!
