Scenic Hwy 1

On day two of our trip we decided to start our day eating some breakfast at our hotel and then made plans for driving down Scenic Hwy 1.

Our first stretch covered 17-Mile, the stretch of Hwy 1 that goes through some renowned golf courses, including Pebble Beach.

Part of Pebble Beach Golf Course on the right side of the road.

17 Mile also includes the Lone Cypress.

Traveling on Hwy1 is not for those on a tight schedule of the faint of heart. It is a beautiful drive, but is a curvy hilly road with some sheer drop-offs, and can make little boys tummy "hot" if he is playing a ds. We also found out that a stretch of Hwy 1 is closed due to a rock slide, so we stopped at an Art Cafe for a snack and some directions on how to continue.

A wall full of beautiful bird houses, loved them but not the price tags...$265 for most of them. Thought I would just take a picture instead and use it for inspiration for a possible project later.

They also had a cute little mushroom garden. It reminded me of a Fairy garden and may need to use it for ideas as well.

The cafe had a topside deck to overlook the water.

All along the Hwy flowers were blooming.

The road we ended up taking to bypass the rock slide took us up back over the hills. I think all of our tummy's were feeling "hot" by the time we were done. The road was very narrow and in parts barely one vehicle was able to take the tight switchbacks, but it had great pull offs to take pictures from.

You can't tell on the first zoomed out picture so much, but the hill sides were covered with flowers.

Monterey Aquarium

Since J gets a little time off after arriving home from his "vacation", we decided to go and do something special with the boys. Our original plan was to do a couple nights at Yosemite, but plans changed quickly when J suffered a little back strain while packing.

Instead we decided to push the vacation back a couple of days and head to Monterey instead. We always heard the Aquarium there was really nice, so we started there first.

N playing around in the area that explains the history of fishing and canning in Monterey.

J with a GIANT starfish...seriously this thing was HUGE!

The boys checking out a display.

N looking at some sand dollars. He kept calling them money.

This was a neat display were you could use a magnifying glass and look closer at the some anemones.

N at the touch area looking at starfish, seaweed, and kelp.

Up close with a Sea Otter.

My favorite display were the Sea Horse displays. These are just two of the different kinds we saw.

The boys also liked the turtles...

and the penguins.

They also have a fun place for the kids to play called the Splash Zone.

We were there for four hours walking around and looking at everything.

But then it was time to say good-bye to all of our new fishy pals.

'cause we were hungry, and this place was just down the street.

Six Flags...More Fun!

The Sunday J got back from his "vacation" was Mother's Day...and nothing screams Happy Mother's Day like a trip to Six Flags. Seriously we love going and I love to see the boys with smiles on their faces.

N is now tall enough to go on some of the little kid rides, and not limited to "baby" rides as the older two put it. He enjoyed flying high like daddy in the back seat.

Was a little more unsure of the tea cups, but lil' J LOVES them!

M is also now big enough to go on more rides by himself and even on some of the big coasters with daddy!

The older two were very good about going on some of those "baby" rides, but I think secretly they enjoyed them and were glad to have an excuse to still go on them!

N got to enjoy some cottton candy while waiting for a show....and also LOVES it!

We caught the dolphin show.

Boys were beyond thrilled with it, and thought it would be fun to be thrown around by some dolphins too!

Lil' J and N went on a bunch of rides together while J and M went on those big coasters. They are a really good match and I think we had more conflict during the day with this system. 

N loving the swings.

Some pretty flowers that reminded me of Hawaii...oh glorious Hawaii!

Taking a close look at some Tigers.

J recapping how awesome something was...ya I think we will be going back a lot this summer...thank you to Grandma and Grandpa for the season passes!

I even caught this...the older two holding hands and talking about the rides as we were walking out of the park to the van.

Welcome Home!

His jet taxiing in.

Up close and personal with his baby.

Coming off the jet.

Receiving line with the commanders

M rushes in. 

Followed by J.

A hug and smooch for me.

N finally got his chance too.

Reunited again.