More PB Pics

Eric & the kids took me out for a fancy dinner for my birthday, on our last night in Pebble Beach at Roy's at the Inn at Spanish Bay. We were so proud of how well the kids behaved. Outside of the restaurant they have a bench with a statue of a little girl & an old man. The kids got quite a kick out of this bench:



The girls enjoying some coloring while waiting for their dinner:


Alana standing in front of her favorite car at the restaurant:

Josiah & Alexa enjoying checking out all the cool cars at the Carmel Car Show. Although it looks like they are saying, "You may have a cool car, but have you seen my pimpin wagon?"

Alexa showing daddy some love at the Car Show Parade:

All ready to watch the Car Parade:

We took a drive to Julia Pfeifer State Park and hiked to the waterfall and overlook:


The kids LOVE any moving ride! So, we try to get our money's worth & squeeze them all into the same one. :)

Pebble Beach Vacation 2011

Our family vacation this year was to sunny Pebble Beach in August. To all of you familiar with Monterey/Pebble Beach area in summertime...it's usually NOT sunny! So, we brought plenty of long sleeves & jackets and headed to the beach. It was quite a lot a fun & very relaxing. We rented a house, which the kids quickly named the "vacation house". We spent 10 days just relaxing & enjoying the sites (as relaxing as you can get with 3 year old triplets, anyway). Here are a few of some pics:

The night before our departure the kids helped us pack up everything we own into the back of our truck:

Josiah being the "big" brother that he is & pulling his sisters in the wagon at Fisherman's Wharf:

Chilling in a tree:

Our first beach adventure (and yes, the sun was out!). Everytime the sun even peaked out for a few minutes we literally ran to the beach.



Alexa finally decided that the big scary noisy ocean was okay...for at least a minute...

Post beach feet clean-up:

Alana truly "relaxing" at the Carmel Beach (she's a girl after my own heart):

Josiah & Alexa helping daddy build a sand tunnel:

Porsche, Ferrari, Benz or Rolls?

We took a vacation trip to Monterey during what is called car week. I have been practicing with the kids on how to identify a Porsche and some other sports cars. On Thursday night we went out as a family to Roy's at the Inn at Spanish Bay. The kids were awesome during and after a top notch dinner. After dinner we relaxed in the lobby and took a trip out to the front of the hotel to check out the "lineup" which consisted of an Aston Martin, 3 Rolls, 2 Bentleys, a couple Ferrari's, a Porsche GT and a trio of Jaguars. Here are the kids with each of there favorite cars:

The minivan pulling away from the valet. I am sure some dirt particles jumped off our hooptie and landed on some of the super nice vehicles...



Alana and her Carrera GT


Josiah and his red Ferrari with white stripe


Alana with a 60's or 70's era Rolls Royce


Alexa with her white Ferrari with a red stripe