Laguna Beach Anniversary Trip

 

For our 41st wedding anniversary, we took a trip to Laguna Beach, one of our favorite places to go. Charles found a hotel that was right on the beach, just a flight or two of stairs down from our room. We had a beautiful view from the room, and with windows open, we could hear the ocean at night- way better than a sound machine!

There was a fire in a canyon several miles away the first day, so we got some smoke, which made great sunset pictures! We were very happy that the air in Laguna was clear the next day.

The view from our room.

Our favorite picture-taking spot by the Montage

Our balcony

Octopus sculpture

We found some tide pools while walking on the beach. They weren't visible in the morning, but when we went in the afternoon when the tide had gone out, we could see them.

Texas Trip September 2020

 

In September, we spent a couple of weeks with Abby's family in Texas. For one of the weeks, she and Kevin took a trip to Glacier National Park in Montana. This was supposed to be their big Europe trip, but due to COVID, they were unable to travel internationally. We really enjoyed the kids while they were gone. Charles got Lucas and I got Tessa, mostly. Lucas sort of attached himself to Charles right away, and it was really sweet. Tessa and I had fun doing puzzles, coloring, reading books, and playing outside. We took both of them on a walk each morning, and Tessa especially enjoyed looking at the Halloween decorations in peoples' yards. She could walk a whole mile by herself, so didn't ride in the stroller very much. We found a Belle costume at a yard sale one morning, so she wore it most of the rest of the time. She liked wearing it while watching Beauty and the Beast.

We took a picnic to a park one day and saw deer

Tessa loved picking flowers on our walks.

We took a picnic to the San Antonio Temple one day.

Tessa like chalk drawing.

Abby took us to the San Antonio River Walk

Walking at the park.

The Alamo

I got in the pool with Tessa one day.