Jason's Birthday Weekend

This past Sunday was Jason's 31st birthday.  A few months ago, he planned a fun weekend so we could celebrate as a family.  We rented a camping trailer (one similar to the kind we want to buy in the future) on Friday morning, and headed down to Watsonville and stayed at Pinto Lake Park.  Everyone probably knows what we did all weekend because I checked in everywhere on Facebook.  Is that annoying?  Cause I just assume everyone wants to know where we are at all times :) 

We got there Friday afternoon and the boys loved playing in the trailer while we got things all set up. 

Max was SO happy and kept rolling around and laughing, it was the cutest thing ever.

Ollie is at an age where it is really fun to talk things up to him.  We had talked this up a lot and he was pretty excited.

 Friday afternoon we went to the Martinelli's factory.  We weren't sure if we could take a tour or what but it turned out to just be a tiny little shop where you could buy their stuff (in bulk).  We ended up spending $40 on various kinds of apple juice, haha.  After that we walked around a little farmers market in town.  It was pretty awesome since Watsonville is pretty much all farmland.  That night we headed to Ocean Speedway to watch the sprint car races.  It was fun, but we didn't stay long because we wanted to get the kids to bed fairly on time.  

In the stands watching the cars warm up.

How cute is that face?  He wanted the earplugs in.  He doesn't like loud things very much.

Max had a tough time going to sleep Friday night.  He was so overly tired that it took him a long time to calm down.  Saturday we made sure he got plenty of naps, and he did MUCH better Saturday night. The next day we hung out at our "campground".  It had a pond with ducks and a play structure.

Here we are in front of Pinto Lake. 

Had to get a picture in front of the trailer.

Saturday, after a run to the store for a few things we forgot, we headed over to Gizdich Ranch, where we played in the hay, picked our own strawberries and got a delicious pie.

They really loved this hay.  It was cute.

Picking strawberries.  We don't know if it was in our head or what but these were seriously the best tasting strawberries.

Ollie with his berries.

We came back and napped/relaxed/played with the ducks, then headed to Elkhorn Slough where we went on a hike.  

I'm pretty sure the ducks weren't huge fans of Ollie since he liked to chase them.  He also liked to just watch them.

On our hike there was this cool old barn, here we are in it.  Ollie refused to be in this picture.

Ollie loves to find sticks.  Apparently (according to a lady we passed on the hike) this is poison hemlock,  needless to say, we didn't pick up anymore sticks and we thoroughly washed his hands.

 After our hike we headed back to our campground and Jason prepared a delicious pasta dinner.  I'm not going to lie, while I have always claimed to love tent camping (and I really do) I am a big fan of the camping trailer.  It was so nice to have a stove, oven, microwave, and especially a bathroom/shower.

He accidentally burned some of the garlic bread.  

Ollie LOVES to swing.  And I love to push him non-stop :)

The Flex did great!  We were definitely riding low and gas mileage suffered.

 While we were gone my sister and cousin and some friends stayed at our house.  When we got back Sunday we all went to church together, ate dinner, and then went on a walk.  It was fun to see and hang out with them, even if it was only for half a day.

Zach broke his foot and required assistance on the walk.  Let me just say I don't know if I would trust Letty to push me in a wheelchair :)  There were a few close calls.

The whole group on the walk.