Saturday, August 1, 2009

Summer Vacation

Chatting with dad at the Santa Inez Mission



Moni with our box of goodies in Solvang, CA


Daddy and Andrew........crossing the street
you are never to old to hold daddy's hand.


Walking toward the bakery....we can't walk fast enough!


Our family in Solvang, CA
windmills are very popular here.


Carne Asada dinner at our campsite.


Sharing the love! that's what family does.


Moni about to go ride. Gilie always such a ham.


Special time with my Gilie, keeping warm.

at our campsite, mommy - moni- gilie.


We just got back from a nice 3 day get away up north. We started off at Oceano Dunes campground and stayed there for two days. We had a great time camping, and doing some riding on the sand dunes. I personally enjoyed some time to just do nothing....well actually a little something... start on a new book ( Eat, Love, Pray) by Elizabeth Gilbert. It has a grip on me, I can't find enough time in my busy day to put in some reading time. Moni has started reading it too, so we chat about it and enjoy it together. Back to our vacation, we spent the last day driving home and stopping at different cities to take a quick look. We went into Pismo Beach first off, since it's actually the neighboring city with Oceano, and by neighboring I mean you are there in less than 5 minutes. We had a really good lunch there and drove around the city a little. Next up was Solvang, and that was just about the cutest little danish town I will ever see. It was really cute, and full of yummy bakeries. We picked up some treats and were on our way. Still within Solvang, we stopped to take a look at the old Santa Inez mission. That was a nice part of California history to take the kids to. Very well preserved. Beautiful landscape all around, the scenery is fantastic. Then we drove down to Santa Barbara. I have to say that so far in my few travels, this has been the cleanest city I've ever been in. The streets were lined with beautiful homes and landscaping equal in beauty. I was really in love with the homes and the greenery. If ever I had to move somewhere it would definitely be there, but that's just a thought, I know in my heart I will never leave San Diego. No matter how beautiful other cities are, my San Diego has the perfect weather and basically everything I need to be happy can be found here. I can just conclude by saying that our vacation was a great one, and that the time spent together with our children is something money just can't buy. Family is everything.....