Check out this pile of firewood! All the crates on the left are full of wood too. We had a fire going almost all day long.
We bought a bike trailer (although we bought this one for $99!)and the kids LOVE it. We took multiple rides throughout the day. I wish our neighborhood was less like a race track so I could use it more. I'm too chicken.
Isa's new thing is to pose with her eyes closed, I think it's adorable.
On Monday we went to Santa Maria Discovery Museum it is an awesome kids museum. They have a veterinarian exhibit, a healthy restaurant, farm exhibit where they have a real tractor for the kids to sit on, a real boat, a real beach, a pirate ship, so many things. If you are ever in the area you must go there! Our favorite part is the HUGE craft table with tons of silly things to glue on. Isabella made a bird all on her own, isn't it cute?!
They also had this really cool interlocking block system to create houses, we made a maze, the kids loved this.
They love us so much they named a street after Donovan!
We went to the pier almost every night to see the sunset, I took this photo and this bird walked into my shot. I love the look on his face "what are you doing lady??"
On the way back we found that Zach had fallen asleep on Isa's shoulder! She wasn't too pleased with it.
The next day my good friend Heather, who's mom is a guide at Hearst Castle got us free tickets for a tour there (thanks mom!) so we got to spend the day together. The best part was the bus ride with a group of German tourists who kept singing the Madagascar theme song "I like to move it move it, we like to move it move it, we like to MOVE IT!" I heard them sing it a few times, and the song is STILL stuck in my head!
Here we are at Hearst:
Here are a few photos that I took, we were a little rushed and there were lots of people so I didn't get as many shots as I wanted...and some are crooked...grrr!
The breathtaking pool:
I loved the gardens and the fixtures:
And this door, it is real gold!
The HUGE dining room ceiling had saints carved out of it, it was awesome.
Here is the awesome indoor pool, the upper area is a diving area.
The stairs to the pool are solid marble:
LOVE this statue, I took a photo of the $30 print in the gift shop hoping it would look good but it doesn't. I thought I might be able to find a print for cheaper but I am having trouble! I might go back and buy it someday.
The next few days we just hung out, lots of bike rides, we went swimming a few times. We had a great time. I can't wait to go back in November!
