Monterey Beach Picnic

Once we arrived in Monterey, we headed straight over to the house.  The boys got to get out of the car and roam around a bit.   

Jonah liked peaking around the gate. 

We then all piled into the car and stopped at a deli to grab a quick picnic lunch.  What an experience that was...the owner of the deli put the Soup Nazi to shame.  We did survive, however, and were on our way to find the perfect picnic spot on the beach.

While it was a bit of a challenge to find a nice spot, it was so amazing to sit {or stand} and look out over God's beautiful creation.

Noah and Jonah had so much fun climbing all over the rocks.  Jonah was a confident little climber who scaled the boulders with the best of them.  Mr. Man, on the other hand, was rightfully much more timid.

 

He wanted so badly to follow his cousin but didn't have the core strength to go as fast or as far.

Perhaps I'm just a bit too protective, but after his second face plant off the rocks and into the sand, I quickly became the dreaded "Helicopter Mama".

Pop-Ro found a super cool piece of sea weed that Bubs carried around with him for a while.  Jonah thought that Noah should share with him and  a game of tug-of-war was quickly begun.

Those two boys are just so funny together.