Get Away

The last couple of months have been pretty busy around the Brown house. In addition to taking two groups of students to two winter camps in the past two months, Jeremy has been busy with school work for an accelerated degree program he's going through. To say that April has been busy would probably be a slight understatement (ok...maybe it's a big understatement). In addition to being a full-time stay at home Mom, she has continued to do contract work for some missionaries as well as some clerical work for a small private school in our area. Sooo...because it's been a while since we got out of town to catch our breath, we decided to just go for it and stay at a bed and breakfast in Half Moon Bay for one night last week.

We had an amazing time and although you might call us crazy for taking a 15 month old to a B&B, Lincoln was great the entire time! He had a particularly great time with Dad jumping on the bed. The view of the ocean from our room was amazing. With the waves crashing on rocks less than 100 feet from our room, we couldn't help but decide that waves are a great sound to go to sleep and wake up to! Needless to say, our short getaway was much needed and much appreciated. We left Half Moon Bay on Friday morning feeling refreshed and headed up the coast 30 minutes to San Francisco where we spent some time at the zoo.

This was Lincoln's first time at the zoo, let alone the first time he had ever seen another kind of animal besides a dog or a cat. From all appearances, he had a ton of fun! Since it was a Friday and kids were still in school, we were able to get lots of close-up looks at some really cool animals. One highlight was the petting zoo where we had some funny encounters with some sheep and goats (fyi - goats always seem to want to get a little closer than you want them to). Another highlight was getting to see two lions up close. Lincoln seemed to take a particular interest in a giraffe who was sticking it's long neck (and really long tongue) over a fence with the hope of getting a nibble of a plant. Maybe Lincoln was so interested in the giraffe because he loves to stick his tongue out too:-)

All in all, it was a great couple of days to just get away as a family for the first time. We enjoyed the sights and sounds of the coast, and it was a lot of fun to watch our little boy take it all in at the zoo. It's so easy to just blast through life at top speed and miss out on making memories that last. Sometimes it's the smallest moments in life that matter the most. We are so thankful that we decided to just go for it and spend some time as "just us." Our quick get away was definitely a memory maker!