October Weekend Getaway

A while back it sort of hit me that we were entering a time of doing a certain number of "lasts" with Ben... ie: last time I would travel with him alone, last time I would be with him at such and such a place with just the 2 of us and so on... I get weird that way. I realized that we needed to have a "last getaway with just the 3 of us" before the new baby comes. Looking ahead at our very busy fall season (so many birthdays, work obligations, events, the holidays, and other obligations) we decided on this last weekend (the perfect weekend - the 1st of October) to take Ben on a final family getaway where he is still the center of our world and the only center.

It was nothing short of perfect. After our awful hot weather last week here in Santa Barbara, it was cool, calm and crisp up north with big puffy clouds in the bright blue sky. Very welcomed. We went to San Luis Obispo Friday - Sunday... we went to the Children's museum (which was incredible), hit the pool, had dinner w/ our friend Elizabeth in Avila on the pier, watched movies in the hotel, saw the seals & all of the marine life in Avila, ate pizza & frozen yogurt & ended Sunday with spending all morning at the Avila Barn, which was the highlight -- apple picking, pumpkin picking, hayriding, feeding the animals, organic market/store, roasted corn stand, and more pumpkins and kids than should be legal on one farm.

In a nutshell, it is now our favorite fall getaway and we're making it a tradition to head up there every fall. WAYYY too many photos to post, but here are some highlights!