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Yes I am 32. My birthday was fantastic and full of surprises. Scott surprised me the Friday before my birthday with a date night. We went wine tasting at Flemings. Then we headed to Malibu to Moonshadows. We had drinks on the patio while the sun was setting and the waves were splashing below us. It was very romantic. Then we moved into the restaurant for dinner. The room we were in hung over the ocean and the birds looked like luminaries on the water. The dinner was absolutely fabulous. I want to go back just for the spicy Hawaiin Ahi Tuna Tartare appetizer.

Then we took a stroll on the beach at midnight. It was amazing and very romantic. On Sunday (9/11), I woke up to a wonderful breakfast and then we went to church. Scott surprised me with a trip to the spa. So I went back to Blonde!

When I came home he made a wonderful dinner.

And the boys decorated the cake. It was delicious.

I was spoiled but my most favorite thing about my birthday was the book Scott made me. He made me a scrapbook about my life with my three favorite men written by him :) 32 isn't so bad! :)

Family Vacation 2011 Final Day

Well we finally made it to the last post! One month later! After we checked out of our resort, we headed to Avila Pier for lunch and then to meet the boys for the drive home. But we also were interested in visiting the seals. And walking the pier. We had an excellent lunch on the pier.

And then were reunited with our boys!

It was an awesome vacation. We had so much fun!

Family vacation 2011 Boys day

Jillian and Erik took the boys to lunch and then to a park and beach for the day. They enjoyed running in the sun and playing in the dinosaur eggs.

And of-course they spoiled them with ice cream too!

Before meeting us, they went to Avila Pier to see the seals. They had a blast with Jillian, Eric and Jacque.

Family Vacation 2011 Day 5

We woke up early and took a morning dip in the pool.

We had the entire pool to ourselves. Afterwards we got ready for the day and met Jillian. Jillian is our babysitter that we have had for years. She goes to college in San Luis Obispo so she had plans to spoil the boys for the day while Scott and I got away to have our own time. We went wine tasting.

Our favorite winery was Kelsey winery. They have hundreds of peacocks on the property and they just had babies!!! They were so cute.

We got our own private tour and even extra tastings out of the barrels. These wines haven't been released yet. They were so good!!!

Afterwards we checked into our resort, the Sycamore Mineral Springs. They have hot sulfur mineral water spas. Supposedly it is like a facial for your whole body. The resort was pretty cool. They have hot tubs EVERYWHERE and a really cool Labyrinth and meditation gardens.

We had plans to go to a nice dinner but instead ordered pizza and watched tv in our room! Ha. It was a nice little 24 hour date. We enjoyed it and we know the boys had a great time with Jillian (post to follow).

Family Vacation 2011 Day 4

Day 4 was pretty relaxed. This was our transition day. Before we left San Francisco, we had to stop by Alamo Square to take a picture of "The Painted Ladies." These houses are often featured on HGTV but most commonly known for being the house from Full House, Party of Five and Mrs. Doubtfire. Since we took the interstate to San Francisco, we wanted to take Pacific Coast Highway on our way back. It was scary at times because it is steep in areas and the fog was so thick. And it made the drive really long and we were only headed half way home. We stopped in Big Sur to see a few of the views.

And you really can't tell from this picture but we DID get to see a whale!!!! The white in the water is where he went back under.

Look how pretty the fog is!

Then we stopped in San Simeon to see the sea lions but we only saw one.

We finally made it to San Luis Obispo where we would spend the next two days. We found a little restaurant for dinner and it was awesome!!! I usually don't get this excited over food but all we spent was $30 for all four of us and that INCLUDED a bottle of wine! Ha.

Family Vacation 2011 Day 3

My goodness, I am having such a hard time with blogger lately that it is becoming such a task to blog. Day 3 of our San Francisco trip was amazing. We spent most of the day at Golden Gate Park. Golden Gate park is over 1000 acres large. There is so much to do there so I had to pick what I really wanted to see. We have such amazing pictures from this day that I really tried to narrow them down for this post. Ha. Here is the Lilli pad pond. We started out with exploring the Japanese Tea Garden. It was so beautiful.

William

Harrison

Lush gardens.

One of my favorite pictures but I really can't understand why the tourist was dead set on taking this picture crooked.

The boys

The boys and I on the bridge.

All three of my boys. Another pretty view.

Scott and William

Another amazing view.

Then we took a hike around Stoll Lake and

up to Strawberry Hill. This was taken at Stoll Lake.

This is at Strawberry Hill.

The guy is red in this picture had one goal- to get an awesome picture. Instead he fell in the water and got all wet.

Then we went to the Children's Quarters. Does it seem to be a theme that we rode the carousel almost every day?

Afterwards we took more public transportation (the boys favorite-ha) back to our hotel and we played in the pool.

Then took a trolley to Ghiradelli Square for dinner and ice cream.

The boys insisted we take a picture in front the "naked people fountain."

Ice cream brain freeze!

World famous Ghiradelli chocolate.

You got a little something on your face.

And that is Day 3 :)