Serrano Family Vacation

The Serrano family just returned from a wonderful family vacation. We drove to Monterey Bay and made several stops along the way. The kids did AMAZING in the car and no vomit, even on the 70 miles of windy road on the 1. That's huge for us! Since we spent so much time in the car we got to enjoy our kids conversations. Jake cracked himself up for miles by first yelling at Alyssa what he thought was an insult "you a boy". When she finally taught him that she was a girl and he was a boy the yelling turned to "Awissa you a girl" followed by Alyssa yelling back "Jake's a boy". You'd be surprised how long that can keep two kids occupied. Jake also learned to say with his finger pointed in the air, "I have idea." When asked what his idea was, every single time he was silent. Guess he's not that interested in sharing what his idea is. Ha ha! One last funny one....out of the blue Jake yelled to Alyssa, "cry". What the heck? He seriously wanted her to cry on his command. He did this throughout the trip. His poor girlfriend is in for a world of trouble. CRY! He is quite the quirky little guy, hilarious, but quirky. We just had such a wonderful time!

Sebastian is famous...... in San Simeon

Dining Room in Hearst Castle

Jakey really enjoyed the tour....asleep...thank goodness!

The side entrance of Hearst Castle

In front of the outside pool at Hearst Castle

Alyssa at the beach across the street from our hotel


Pebble Beach

The world's most expensive "two sqaure" ball from Pebble
Beach - US Open...yes we got suckered into purchasing the ball.

Jelly fish at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Standing in the wave tunnel



Touch pools at Monterey Bay Aquarium


No touching for Jake


View from our drive on the 1

My "must" stop was in Solvang for Jake's picture in the shoe (My picture was taken in the shoe when I was little and Alyssa took her picture in the shoe when she was 2 1/2) OF COURSE in his picture, he's SCREAMING!

During our trip Alyssa turned 7! Can you even believe my baby girl is 7 years old!?!?!?! She LOVED her big day. She woke up and sat straight up in the bed and said, "I'm 7". Apparently being 6 is for babies. She even stood up to see if she was taller. So cute! After dinner we went to the mall where she was able to pick out a few gifts. Much to her father's dismay, she choose lip glosses and nail polish. Yikes! Her dad is really not ready for this. Happy Birthday, Alyssa!

She choose to run in the water before we left the hotel on her birthday

Birthday Girl!

I'm a bad mom, no pictures from her birthday dinner. Boo! But we all had a great time, even Jakey!

Really sad spring break is over, but what a great time we had. Enjoy!