Tardy
April 28th, 2007 by amylherzog
I know, I know. All I can say is, I promise to update at least twice a week from now on. I am hereby stating it publicly with many witnesses!
So what’s been happening? Well, a steady stream of visitors, which I guess shouldn’t surprise me since we live in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Not that I’m gloating or anything! (That’s Jon’s job.) Our friend Gayle snapped the above picture while spending a weekend here with us.
Jacob would like you to know that I still take far, far too many pictures of him.
On the Wednesday following Gayle’s visit, my wonderful Aunt Dina, her really cool son Ryan and his equally cool friend Jamie arrived for an extended weekend visit. We showed them all of the beautiful scenery the Central Coast has to offer, despite less-than-perfect weather. PCH 1 is pictured above…
…Big Sur…
…some trees…
…but I think their favorite was the PGA course tour of Pebble Beach. Turns out, there are three PGA courses within a mile of the house. I think Ryan was a little scandalized that I had no idea. We had an absolute blast with them, and were very sad to see them leave. Jacob was especially grateful, since they prompted me to get off my butt and drive the long haul up to San Francisco for a day. Jacob LOVED San Francisco. You wouldn’t believe the number of buses and trucks in that town! Not to mention the boat ride we took.
It was his first, to Alcatraz Island, and he and I had a lot of fun exploring while Dina and the boys took the audio tour. He is still talking about the boat. The night that Dina and the boys left, our friend Carl from college showed up and stayed most of a week with us. That was also a lot of fun, though I have far fewer pictures.
Carl, the saint, even watched Jacob one afternoon so that Jon and I could escape for an hour alone. Man, we needed that. This weekend we were supposed to head down to LA for our ten-year college reunion, but Jon’s mother and Bev show up on Friday, and I’ve taken on some contract work for MITRE, and I think someone is going to send in the troops to deal with the laundry/dishes situation soon… yeah. Suffice it to say, we needed a weekend wherein we do absolutely nothing but catch up.
So, hi! Sorry I’ve been away. Greetings from a very busy household–what have you all been up to? (Credit for the last photo goes to our friend Carl Coryell-Martin, by the way–he took the camera and tripod out while we put Jacob to bed one night. Thanks, Carl!)