12th Anniversary

My mom came out to watch the kids while John and I went on our anniversary trip. The way to Jane's heart is through reading.

And shopping. Jane loves getting out of the house and particularly likes going to stores.

It was our first time away from Jane, so we were glad my mom came early to get reacquainted. Then we stole away for the night.

Our first stop was Henry Cowell Redwoods for a stress- and complaint-free hike. Then the Cheese Shop 831 for lunch.

At our hotel we went swimming, soaked in the hot tub, then John painted my toes.

We went for a walk on the beach.

And went down to Monterey to eat more. Pasta lunch at Il Vecchio, cheese tasting in Carmel, then we tried this amazing Dutch donut.

We walked down Cannery Row and had to stop at Ghirardelli. On our honeymoon we had a peppermint hot chocolate and sundae. Since we were still pretty full this time, we combined the treats and shared a frozen hot chocolate.

We came back home to some very excited kids. Jonah was showing us the cookies they decorated before we were even in the house. 

The rest of the week we ran some errands with Oma.

The lady at the Indonesian shop gave Jane a candy necklace. She could not believe she'd been missing out on wearable candy all this time.

While my mom was here, Scott was in the bunk bed and Jane liked to sneak up and sleep with him.

Then, before we knew it, my mom's trip ended.

Jane was very upset about her going on the airplane without her. Same, Jane, same.