Monterey!!!

The weekend of Austin's birthday we went with some friends of ours to Monterey! We all have kids with birthdays the same week, and decided that rather than doing a party, we would go do something fun! Some of our other friends weren't able to come, and we were bummed about that, but we still had a lot of fun!

On Friday we made the trip down and stayed at the Holiday Inn! Even though it wasn't incredibly warm, we headed out to the pool anyways! Ryan was in heaven, as usual when it comes to water!!!Everyone else was content in the hot tub! Austin didn't want to leave Daddy's lap! The gang minus Josh and myself! Ryan finally convinced Daddy and Austin to join him in the pool... ...and they had a great time! The following morning we loaded up...

...walked down...

...Cannery Row where we enjoyed some of the shops... ...and went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium!!!We were all so excited! The boys with the scuba diver! "What do you see Austin?" "Little, teeny, tiny fishies!!!" This tank had some sharks in it! Ryan in particular loved all of the hands on things! Austin enjoyed watching him do them!

The boys refused to touch the Bat Ray, but Justin and I go in and touched the slimy creature!

Ryan looks like he's about to be eaten by the killer whale!

They loved the Jelly Fish! We had an amazing time at the aquarium and can't wait to go back again!!!