What a busy week! It started last Sunday with food shopping and cooking Sunday and Monday for Betsy and Jerry's vow renewal. Nancy, Kierra and I shopped for about 3 hours for all the food. Monday Joni, Susan, Nancy, and I cooked all afternoon to be ready for the big shindig on Tuesday. I think it turned out very well!! About 50 people witnessed their ceremony and ate the food and drank good wine.
Wednesday was spent practicing music for Christmas Eve service and then playing both the piano and clarinet for 2 different services. When I finally was home at 12:30 a.m. I was beat. So we slept in Christmas morning, had a good brunch, and then we open presents from each other and from our families in Iowa. Then we headed off to Manteca to our friends Jen and Ed's, who had invited us for Christmas dinner with their families. We had a great time meeting their family members. Ed's brother and sister-in-law, and 2 nieces were visiting from West Des Moines, IA! They live very close to Rachel and Chris!! Small world. We ate, talked, and played games all evening.
Friday morning we got up, packed our bags, and headed to Monterey. We haven't been there for a few years, and we now wonder why we don't go back more often. We spent Fri. evening exploring Fisherman's Wharf and sampling all the restaurants' clam chowders before we finally chose Cafe Fina. We had a yummy meal with the highlight being the crabcakes! Saturday was filled with wandering through the Monterey Bay Aquarium which has to be the best ever! Then we wandered through Cannery Row shops. Next we spent a couple hours driving the beautiful 17-mile drive oooing and aaahing at all the huge mansions, beautiful views, etc. The weather was so nice we had the moon roof open and we could smell the ocean and the redwoods and eucalyptus. We, of course, had to stop at the Pebble Beach Golf Course and walk out to the 18th green and walk through the lodge. Did you know that in 2010 the U.S. Open is in Pebble Beach? We are now starting our U.S. Open Fund. Maybe we'll get to go????? We dined at the Sardine Factory in the evening having a wonderful meal. Sunday we got to shop in Carmel before heading home to mounds of laundry and a house that needs to be cleaned!
2 comments:
Wow! Looks awesome, beautiful, fun, etc....
I love the video you posted on FB.
Sounds and looks like you had a wonderful Christmas.
Yes, I'd love to return to Monterey and area also....we didn't spend nearly enough time when out that way in '07...will try to write you soon...
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