My last post was about Mark turning 1 and I just want to say that we had a ton of fun for his First Birthday. We had a swim party at my mom and dads and Jimmy made some amazing Brazilian food for everyone. We found a Brazilian market in Chino Hills, bought some good food and had a blast making it.
Everyone swimming in the pool.
Mark got a ball that sprayed water. He LOVED it! :)
Happy Birthday Mark! We love you!
Here is the Brazilian brick BBQ that Jimmy made. :)
Our other big news is that we have moved to Monterey, CA! Jimmy is working with Jack at a nursing home. He is doing the marketing for the building and it is going great. We were sad to leave our friends in Redlands and to leave our families but we knew it was the right thing to do. Plus, we are living by Melissa and Jack again and we are loving it! It just like the good old days when we were in Idaho, except now we are by the beach and we have Mark to carry around. Monterey is absolutely beautiful. We love our apartment and you can see the beach from our patio. It is amazing! While Jimmy is working hard, I usually spend my days taking Mark to all of the beautiful parks and if it's too cold we found a fun indoor children's museum that he loves. We have already been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Big Sur, and of course Jimmy has done a ton of surfing. :)
Every Saturday we go for a walk around the beach. This particular spot is called Lovers Point. It is beautiful! :)
Melissa and Jack got us tickets to the Aquarium. Mark loved the fish and touching the star fish. :)
Last weekend we drove to Big Sur and enjoyed lunch a fantastic place called Nepanthe.
Mark loves his Auntie! :)
Bixby Bridge.
Jimmy of course had to stop and get a little surf session in on our way home.
Watching Daddy surf. :)
The only other thing I can think of that has happened recently was Halloween. Mark dressed up as a little puppy dog. He was so stinking cute! :) We went to Melissa and Jacks for pizza and then Melissa and I took Mark out trick-or-treating to a few places around her place. It was so cute! He quickly got the hang of it and for a while whenever we would knock on a door I think he would expect candy. :) After he got way too much candy we went back to Melissa and Jacks and watched Hocus Pocus. You can't have Halloween pass by without seeing that movie! :)
Isn't he the cutest little puppy you've ever seen? :)
