My Birthday Weekend

Unfortunately our internet isn't working at home right now, so let me see if I can get caught up on what we've been up to. I will try to get pictures later.

So, July 13th was my birthday. That day Ben took Baylee and I to Monterey! We had a ton of fun. On the way we stopped at a chocolate factory I had found. They have a chocolate bar with tons of different flavors of chocolates (my favorite is a watermelon flavored). So, we got a pound of different chocolates. Then, we were hungry so we went and got lunch at a place called Hula's. The food was very good! We had a pulled pork sandwich with sweet potatoe fries and a pineapply coconuty drink. Yum yum! So, after that we went to the Monterey Aquaruim. Baylee really liked it. They even had a little area for kids 3 and under to play in. She loved it! So, after that we were ready for an early dinner, so we went over to Bubba Gump's and had a bbq chicken salad and bread. By the time we were done with dinner, I was tired, so we decided to head to our hotel (compliments of Ben's parents for my bday), and drove around a little in downtown Monterey and Fisherman's Wharf.

The next day, we took our time getting ready, and then went down to Carmel. We just drove around a little and then decided to buy some lunch and take it to the beach and have a little picnic. We found a good spot on the rocks to sit, until some kids decided to come and try to take over. We tried to get Baylee to experience sand, but she didn't like it at all! After that we decided to head back to Pleasanton, with a stop at the outlets in Gilroy. Ben had given me some money for my birthday, and I found a couple of shirts and a skirt I liked. Once we got back to Pleasanton we stopped at Ben's parents and had dinner. Ben's cousin and his wife and kids were in town. We didn't get to stay too long because Ben had to go into Oakland for work and Baylee and I went with him. He had to turn everything off at his work because the power was getting turned off for a little bit. Sunday we got to go back and turn everything back on.

So, that's basically what we did for my bday! Monday night Ben's parents took us out to dinner with Ben's brothers and their families for my birthday. We had Thai food and then came home for cake and pie and ice cream and presents. So, that was my birthday weekend celebration. It started on Wednesday with Ben's parents giving me a bunch of those cookies that come on a stick (I can't think of the word) at work, and then Ben bringing me a bday pie home on Thursday and singing to me, and then ended on Monday with dinner and presents. So, it was a good time! I will write about Baylee's 1st bday soon! But, I think Ben's having a hard time with her right now, so I better go help.