Every year we go on a camping trip with Josh's family. This year we also started our annual camping trip with our "Circles" friends. It just so happens that both of our camping trips were at New Brighton beach in Capitola one right after the other. And in between our camping trips we stayed with our friends, Brian and Hilary Wiest in Monterey.
The first trip was with Josh's family. We went Thursday thru Saturday morning and we had a ton of fun, especially Jaxon! Jaxon loved playing in the dirt. His hands, face, shoes and clothes were covered in dirt pretty much for the whole trip. We went to the beach, soaked up some sun and watched Jax enjoy his first experience with sand. He loved it!!! We also went to Pizza My Heart in Santa Cruz and to this awesome ice cream shop called Marianne's. They had about 50 flavors! It's the best ice cream ever!!! We really enjoyed spending time with family.
The first trip was with Josh's family. We went Thursday thru Saturday morning and we had a ton of fun, especially Jaxon! Jaxon loved playing in the dirt. His hands, face, shoes and clothes were covered in dirt pretty much for the whole trip. We went to the beach, soaked up some sun and watched Jax enjoy his first experience with sand. He loved it!!! We also went to Pizza My Heart in Santa Cruz and to this awesome ice cream shop called Marianne's. They had about 50 flavors! It's the best ice cream ever!!! We really enjoyed spending time with family.
On Saturday morning we packed up camp and headed to Monterey to stay with our friends. After camping we enjoyed being able to relax indoors, take a shower without having to wear flip flops and spending time with our friends. Hilary worked hard to find us free passes to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Jaxon had so mush fun exploring the aquarium and looking at all the fish. Thank you so much Brian and Hilary for letting us stay with you!
On Monday afternoon we packed up again and headed back to New Brighton Beach. There were six families that were able to make it. The Morgan's, Perryman's, Lamb's, Ashby's, Wiest's and of course us The Mortimer's. We missed the Todd's and Vanhorne's. :( Maybe next year? It was so nice to see everybody. We all met a few years back in the Roseville 9th ward and became good friends. Then as life goes on we all moved and went our separate ways. Well except for us, we are still in the Roseville 9th ward. We had fun catching up on everyone's lives and seeing all of the beautiful kids. We made another trip to Pizza My Heart and Marianne's. Then we headed to the Boardwalk, for fun and rides. We had a BLAST! We already miss all of our friends and can't wait until next year!
The Fam!
Andrew, Tiffani and Carson Morgan
Scott, Liz and William Perryman
Ben, Leslie, Curtis, Ethan and Sara Ashby
Brian, Hilary, Brennen and Kaden Wiest
Brad, Reiko and Caylee Lamb
Jax looking like a big boy!
All snuggled in his sweatshirt at the Boardwalk.
We had one fun and exhausting week!
