On: Jelly Fish and Pumpkin Patches...

This past weekend, Jon and I took in the sights of Monterey, in honor of his birthday. I was exceptionally proud that I was able to keep this excursion a secret until the morning of our departure:). To those of you who also knew, thank you for being such great secret squirrels. (This picture was taken just before we left).




Monterey is a fairly magical place. I can say this with confidence because you can't just park your car anywhere and be greeted by both a wailing KEYtarist and a giant otter all in the same day.


Since Jon (who almost majored in Marine Biology) and I enjoy aquariums, we spent Saturday doing just that. If you haven't been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we highly recommend it! While the "great" white shark that is on display is actually smaller than his name would suggest, we had a great time "oohing" and "aahing" at some of God's most beautiful work:

Ha. You see what I did there?

After the aquarium, we had an amazing dinner at the Chart House. Again, another place we highly recommend! The food was delicious, the ambiance was nice, we had a lovely ocean view and the service was fantastic. Overall, we had a wonderful stay.

On Sunday we drove back to Davis and decided to end our weekend with a trip to "Bobby Dazzler's" pumpkin patch. Admittedly, we thought, "what if this place really isn't a pumpkin patch? What if it's just a garden box in the back of some crazy guy's house?"

Fortunately, the pumpkin patch was legit and we found the perfect pumpkins for our porch (ahh! too many P's!!!).

Yes!