Labor Day weekend has been so good to our family these last few years and this year was no exception. The beginning of the week we decided- its a long weekend, lets plan something! We hadn't been down to Monterey in way too long so we booked a hotel, packed the kids and hit the road. I have such a special place in my heart for this area. When I first moved to California (gasp, six years ago) I lived in Pacific Grove for two months. One of Rob's friends was having a huge birthday party in Carmel and the Monterey County Fair was in town so it came together perfectly.
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| ^^Del Monte Beach. We had never been here before but totally fell in love. |
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| ^^when we first got there it felt cold but warmed up right away |
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| ^^love this age. love this boy. such a lucky mama |
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| ^^thanks dad for making me look like a goof ball |
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| ^^rockin his first baseball cap- poor thing looks ill with that hair |
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| ^^brooklyn's first sand castle! |
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| ^^stud husband i have :) |
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| ^^and such a good dad |
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| ^^my #1 girl, always.. my little dolly |
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| ^^the girls always want to be "mermaids" then we buried beckett too haha |
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| ^^stuttin her stuff down the boardwalk |
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| ^^del monte beach! |
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| ^^listening to some country folks at the fair, rob's face expresses how he feels about that |
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| ^^SO excited about riding the horses. they begged and begged to ride them |
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| ^^patiently waiting for her turn |
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| ^^i couldn't even handle how much she loved riding the horse. pure childhood magic |
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| ^^lydia loved it too. she was a little less expressive than brooklyn |
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| ^^i can't even handle her cuteness |
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| ^^family carnival time |
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| ^^the sleep situation |
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| ^^modeling their church dresses. lydia is trying to push b out of the picture haha! |
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| ^^first time sitting in a high chair! he is all of a sudden so big!! :( |
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| ^^disregard my face in this picture. i just love lydia's face here |
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| ^^lyddy<3 |
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| ^^the view from the birthday party in carmel-by-the-sea |
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| ^^just pretending we are rich |
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| ^^the pictures don't do this place justice. my first time ever being in a 25M house. it was insane |
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| ^^and returning to the hotel. brooklyn has started throwing up at this point, lydia got moved to the chair |
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| ^^super cool playground |
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| ^^driving along the beaches in pacific grove |
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| ^^we kept stopping to find a beach, none to be had! |
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| ^^we were feeling pretty lovey dovey on this trip |
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| ^^the little chicken house in PG- a place rob always went growing up. |
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| ^^we went back to del monte to eat our little chicken house and enjoy another beautiful beach day |
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| ^^my little side kick. she's turning into an even bigger "mama's girl" than brooklyn! |
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| ^^i forgot beckett's water shirt in the car. i put the towel over him while rob went back to get it. he looked so funny crawling around! |
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| ^^this weekend is one to remember. i am SO lucky to have this family of mine!!! |
