rachel got her license!

i am proud to annouce that rachel got her license... yeah!

...and the first place she drove was over to my house... so we could make some fun hair accessoires...

rachel made this super beautiful feather and peacock one... i love it!

then... i made this one...

...then we both made smaller peacock ones...

my grandparents used to have/keep peacocks in their yard... so i used some of the feathers we had from them... i love that i will always remember them... it is such a good childhood memory of mine... i love those beautiful birds!

can you tell which are the fake and which are the real feathers?

(my real feathers are on the right)

7/13/2009

we cant wait to go again... we had so much fun!!!

great memories... we loved every second!

loved:

our awesome pants that were a crazy good deal...

loved more:

finding them together at the farmers market...

loved:

they have the same shirt...

loved more:

that owen wanted to sit by jones all the time... so sweet!


loved:

that he loves to read books

loved more:

that he picked up starwars everytime he was in this room...

(brent does not really like star wars... so it is funny to me that jones would pick this ONE out of the many many books on the shelves)

loved:

san fran... enough said...

it is great for so many reasons...

(street performer:one-man-band. he was actually pretty good... i could never be as coordinated as he was...)

loved more:

shopping + san fran = great deals!

(h&m, urban, forever 21, gap, anthro and much much more in very short distances from oneanother... what more could a girl ask for???!!!!)

loved:

that there is a street named jones st

loved more:

that he will take pictures with me all the time! he loves the camera.... and that shauna took so many pictures for/of us...

our last day... (picture a frowny face here)... our trip is almost over...

my mom and i took jones to the aquarium... it was even more fun this time... jones was so much more interested in the fish and so much more interactive...

one of our favorites... the kelp gardens...

he love/hated that crazy fish... it would make him so frustrated when he couldnt actually grab the fish... because it looked like it was right there... darn 6 inch thick glass...

jones and grandma...

to the farmers market we must go...

so shauna has been telling me about this for such a long time... i was so happy when we knew that we would be in monterey on a tuesday, so we could go... it was so fun to see the different foods and goods... they had the most amazing white nectarines... i loved them!

yeah!

on a monday...

the little swiss cafe...

so quaint... so yummy...

so... breakfast is my favorite... we went to this little place called 'little swiss cafe' and although very different from 'the wagon wheel', it was so yummy! funny thing is that we all ordered the same thing! and it was the best!

i wish i could eat there again, right now!

YUM!

point lobos... so beautiful...

and owen lost his tooth! yeah for the first of many... he was so proud...!

china beach...

our fourth of july...

we started out with an amazing breakfast at 'the wagon wheel'... they have amazing oatmeal pancakes... and i loved that as soon as we were seated... the waitress came by and brought jones some toy horses to play with... he was so intertained! it was perfect...

...then... on to our bug walk... at earthbound farms... there is an organic farm located in carmel...

...jones of course got very excited to see the tractors there... and then to play in the dirt...

...at first he wasnt so sure about the ladybugs...

bug walk: we wandered through the plants as our guide taught us about the different insects and what there purpose is... then... the best part... everyone got a handful of ladybugs... they help out, they are just cute... they are a good bug!

then... we got our goody bags... with yummy organic earthbound stuff... jones learned a new word... and loved to say 'apple' the rest of our trip...

then... we took a stroll through the herb garden... we actually got to try this crazy plant... it was kind of wierd to just take a piece of the leaf and eat it... so minty... i loved it...

then... on to the chamomile labyrinth for some relaxation... i wish i had this in my backyard... it was awesome! the sign behind jones told us to take our shoes off and enjoy our feet in the grass covered in chamomile... we did!

jones and flowers... he loves to smell them...

(sign at the end of the labyrinth path)

couldnt get enough flowery beauty...

and i have a hard time choosing which pictures i like best... so why not include them all... right??

next... we had a bonfire on the beach....

so... i bought fireworks to do on the beach... because it was the fourth.. but of course we didnt want to get a fine of $1000.00 dollars so... we didnt get to use those... but we had fun anyways... shauna was the smart one and said:

"since we cant have fire works...

we have a fire... our fire works = fireworks... yeah!"

leave it to shauna to be so clever!

then... aaron and becky davidson joined us with their family... they taught us a new trick... if you throw "poppers" or certain pieces of seaweed in the fire, they pop... so we had even more non-fireworks-fireworks... i love the fourth of july!

it was so fun... we roasted hot dogs... and ate smores... i love love love smores... yum!!!

such a fun night...

a day in san fran...

it was so nice to get out of the heat of arizona... to monterey and san francisco...
this picture is of jones enjoying the salt water taffy stuck in his teeth...

shauna... who took almost all these amazing pictures... was looking like a tourist in san fran... thanks for all the great pictures shauna!!!

good old pirate jokes.... shauna loves um...

"Q:What's really a pirate's favorite letter?

A:P! Because it's an R, but it's missing a leg!"
thanks to... http://www.piratejokes.net/

"i eating my donuts!"... shauna

freezing... it was a high of 65 F in monterey... so in san fran... it was a little cooler and windy = cold... but we loved it... took full advantage of the nice weather...

missing brent... kissing flowers...

saying our goodbyes to michael jackson... they had a whole tribute to him at the wax museum...

...then... there was this guy that was riding around in his wheel chair with these great pictures...

auntie rachel...

it was so cold we had to buy another jacket and a beenie...

shauna... thanks again for all the great pictures!!!!