After about 27+ hours in a car and 1668 miles over the past two weeks we are finally home again. We have quite the little traveler. To keep her busy we had a bin of all her toy that she could reach and we read books.
Eventually she fell asleep. We tend to travel at night especially when we go to California because we miss all of the crazy traffic. Miss Peanut slept, no joke, 9 of the 12 hour trip to Ft. Bragg. We couldn't ask for a better traveler. We finally arrived at 4am to the campground to join the rest of Officer's family. They have been there every year for nearly 40 years. Camping with an infant was fun, but it is a lot of work - especially since Peanut decided to start the army crawl just before we left and didn't want to be held all the time. We bought a small tent and set it up that we could just put her in and let her crawl around with her toys. She loved it! She totally slept reasonably because had gotten her used to the pack-n-play before we left! I would recommend that to anyone!
The main reason for the trip is that Officer's family dives for
Abolone. I don't think I even got a picture of one, most people have never tried it. The ocean was so calm at the point where they normally dive and spear fish. Officer said it was the most calm he had ever seen in all his years diving there. It really was beautiful.
One day I was able to go out with Officer and some of the older nephews and one
niece to put around the cove. It was so cold even in a wet suit. I'm always amazed at how the water magnifies the life under the surface. I guess I haven't dove enough for that to wear off. We were able to show the kids lots of crabs, starfish, sea
anenomes (sp?), and even some sea lions swimming around us. They had such a good time.
Peanut loved the cousins - she couldn't get enough. This picture is only 1/2 of them.
There is always at least one big abalone feed and it's a lot of work to prepare.
Miss peanut was a crack up most of the time to try and feed. She's deciding that she really does not like baby food so that was a challenge. What a stinker!
She was also teething and she kept pulling this face. This was the only shot I was able to catch of it. 
We went to glass beach - it's a family favorite. It was basically a city dump years ago and all the glass has been broken and tumbled and smoothed over the years. All the kids love to search for certain colors and pottery pieces. I didn't take the camer there; the last time I was there I dropped our digital camera in davy jones locker! That was a sad day.
Peanut got to get in a swimming pool for the first time. She loved every second - I couldn't believe how much she kicked and splashed! So cute!
She was so
tired afterwards. She
doesn't usually fall asleep while I hold her.
Officer and I were able to go to the Oakland temple where we were sealed 5 years ago. We missed our exit and literally missed attending a session by minutes. It's funny how things workout though. Instead we had the opportunity to do the sealing work for some Chinese
families dating back as far as 900 BC. Talk about being good with record keeping and family history!
It was finally time to come home and we were ready. Don't get me wrong, vacations are great; we love to visit and be with family, but it's always nice to come home. Peanut was still good in the car considering she had put up with all the craziness! Last night when we finally got Miss Peanut into her very own crib around 1 in the morning she wiggled with excitement at recognizing her room. She slept until 10:00am when we finally woke her up. What a fun trip!
stuff she can eat (now that she has 4 teeth). Officer decided to give her the good stuff of course (I try to stick to the somewhat nutritional stuff). Here is the damage she did with some licorice. Have to say, after reading books about vampires all last week, these pictures kind of creeped me out a little at first.
Hanging out at the point waiting for the divers to return.
