Hearst Castle

After a FOGGY drive down the coast yesterday and spending the night in a hotel last night, we went to Hearst Castle with Alan, Gaoder, Bryan, Jess, and Jared today. It started off pretty foggy at sea level, but as you can see it turned into a pretty nice day "up on the hill" where the house is. We all had a lot of fun, got to see the main entertaining rooms of the house, as well as a bunch of the guest rooms and the private rooms of William Randolph Hearst. It was a good work out, as we probably climbed up or down about 500 stairs or so today, but well worth it to see everything. We also had time to relax by the Neptune Pool, which is in one of the pictures. Cecilia enjoyed herself, but got pretty tired from everything (including getting herself up at 7 this morning), so she ended up taking 2 naps, one poolside and one in the car on the 3 1/2 hour drive home. All in all, it was a great day!!

Cecilia "Reading" Spooky Old Tree

Jared got Cecilia a copy of the Berenstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree for Christmas, and Cecilia loves it. At this point she's basically memorized the entire thing.  Here's a video of her reading it with Mommy:

Swimming!

Today was a really nice day and Gaoder and Alan invited us over to use
the swimming pool at their apartment complex. It was a nice relaxing
end to the weekend and Cecilia got to wear her new bathing suit. She
loved swimming and jumping in, as well as walking back and forth from
Mommy in the pool to Daddy in the hot tub. Cecilia really did not want
to leave when it was time to go home for dinner. I have a feeling we
will be back to swim again throughout the summer!!