Weekend Retreat to Monterey

Last weekend Daniel and I went on a couples retreat through BYU alumni on the Asilomar resort in Monterey Bay, California. We brought little Micah with us of course, but Lea and Jonah stayed with Grandma! Thanks Mom! We had such a great time and we have decided that we need to take a weekend trip there with the kids sometime.
We arrived Friday evening for dinner and a fireside devotional. It was awesome! The speaker was Ron Clark who gave two fireside talks Friday night and Saturday night. Ron Clark is the director of public affairs and guest relations at BYU. He is in charge of hosting foreign dignitaries on campus. He also is the former public relations representative for the Osmonds for 14 years. He definitely had some awesome stories to tell and a strong testimony of Christ's true church and how BYU brings about so many missionary opportunities. He was a delightful speaker and we thoroughly enjoyed listening to him. We felt very priveledged to be with this amazing group of BYU Alumni.

Saturday Morning was cool and foggy, but it got nicer in the afternoon, and Sunday was gorgeous, sunny, and warm!

It was too cold to go in the water (the water was freezing!) but we walked along the tide pools and found lots of hermit crabs.

We went on the 17 mile drive which allowed us to see some cool things. One of them were the hundreds of seals out there in the Monterey Bay. This island was COVERED in them!

We found a very friendly squirrel that was so cute! Dan fed it peanuts and almonds and it was begging and reaching for them like a little kid. It was so cute.

This was a cool-looking cottage that overlooked the bay.

This is a really old cypress tree called "The Lone Cypress". Its been out there on those rocks for 250 years. Now that's an old tree!

Here's Micah in the Baby Bjourn on Daddy's back while we walked along the beach. What a pretty hair color!