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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

First Big Vacation of the New Year

Gorgeous views of MacKerricher State Park - Fort Bragg

All of us on the trail toward Point Cabrillo Light House

Beautiful plants & flowers at the Mendocino Botanical Gardens


We just spent an extended weekend visiting the gorgeous Mendocino Coast and Fort Bragg, CA. It was a much needed escape, as we have spent the past four months relatively housebound fighting off virus after virus. I swore that I was going to have to call the CDC in to come decontaminate our house; it was that bad. Since both the girls are in preschool, they pretty much brought home new super viruses the entire cold and full season. Mom caught them, dad caught them, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins; nobody was immune and this was a tough flu season. I'm feeling on top of the world that we survived and that we were all collectively healthy enough to take a weekend getaway. The girls did pretty well on the long drive, though poor little Alina got car sick during the windy roads on the drive up. Nana and papa joined us on the trip and it was fun to get to share the weekend with them. As nice as it is getting a short vacation, wrangling two kids under three can be exhausting, especially when they are bouncing off the floor, beds and walls in the hotel room and fighting going to sleep (ahhh, insanity haha), that's when nana and papa came to the rescue and we all enjoyed wine on the balcony. Here are just a few photos from the trip. More to come soon.


Glass Beach in Fort Bragg

Irises and Gunnera Manicata (aka. Dinosaur Plant)

Taking a dip after a fun day of exploring