My Trip to Cali!

About a month ago, my sister, Mary, called me up and wanted to know if I wanted to go on a quick trip with her to Monterey, CA to surprise my brother, Bobby, and his family. Bobby's wife, Sarai, was due with their third baby at the beginning of March and Mary thought that it would be a good opportunity to go down there as my parents were already going to be there too. I decided that I could use a weekend away from the kids and thought that it would be fun to just hang out with my sister like we use to. I was a little worried about Jarom handling all three of the kids by himself, but he assured me that he would be able to manage. Luckily, his dad decided to make a last-minute trip down to Logan to spend some time with him and the kids, so I'm sure that helped. Anyways, Mary and I left on Friday, March 18, and after dealing with a few flight cancellations and delays, we were able to make it to Monterey by 9 pm. After we landed, we quickly rented a car and drove straight over to my brother's house to surprise him. When we rang his doorbell, he came to the door and looked at us in complete shock. We walked in the house and everybody was so surprised, especially my dad. It was so fun to see everybody's reaction. After we stayed and visited for a couple of hours, we headed to our hotel which was a complete dump that had something in the room that would randomly make loud noises. That first night was definitely interesting. The next day, Mary and I were anxious to head out to the beautiful, sunny beach. Not! The weather was horrible and we both decided that it was probably warmer in Logan than it was there. Oh well! I still managed to get some pictures of the ocean though. We were also able to see a couple of holes on the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course.

After the beach, we headed back to Bobby's house. His new baby, Caitlin Isabelle, was born on March 10, and is their third girl. She was still in the sleepy, coma state, so I was excited to actually get some pictures of her when she had her eyes open.

Me, with all three of his girls: Camila, Caitlin, and Cayley.

That night, I convinced my Mom to take me to downtown Monterey. This area is called Cannery Row and it houses all of the little souvenir shops and awesome restaurants.

This is Bubba Gump Shrimp which I have never eaten at, but Jarom has told me that it is a definite must for seafood lovers.

Cannery Row is right off of the beach.

These are sealions just hanging out on the beach. I couldn't get very close to them, so they sort of just look like rocks along the beach.

That night, Mary and I ate at one of my favorite restaurants, P.F. Chang's. I love the orange chicken.

The next night, Mary and I flew back home. It was a quick trip, but long enough to get me rejuvenated to get back into motherhood. Jarom was able to hold the fort down and I'm so greatful that he was willing to let me get away for a couple of days. I definitely needed it.