Well, my blogging break didn’t last very long. haha! I’m actually just making a quick post since I took a lot of photos on Mother’s Day and I wanted to share them. 🙂 I’m linking up with Like Mother, Like Daughter for {pretty, happy, funny, real} and with Cari for Theme Thursday: Animals. (But you’ll have to scroll down to {real} for that one. :-))

{pretty}

I took these photos at one of our favorite places to walk – Point Lobos State Reserve, CA. If you ever are visiting Monterey, make sure to stop and visit there.

If you go to Point Lobos and the parking lot is full or you don’t want to pay the parking fee, park outside the gate along Highway 1. There is a walking trial you can take instead. That’s what we did on Sunday.

After you clear the forest area, you look down at the ocean below.

Love the colors.

The fog was rolling in fast so we lost our blue skies.

The forest across the way looked eery with the fog rolling in. You expected to see Aragon in the distance.

I was trying to get reflections.

Poppies, the official flower of California. 🙂

We are back at our car parked along the highway. You can see the fog sitting over Pebble Beach.

{happy}

These five blessings couldn’t possibly make me happier.

Brotherly Love

After the first 1/2 mile, Matthew wanted to be carried. I got quite a work out. 😉

{funny}

For school John-Paul had to fill out a questionnaire about me. Here are the facts. It says:

My mom is 10 years old. (Funny that to a 3 year old 10 is really old. LOL)

My mom is prettiest at Easter. (Maybe I should get dressed up a little more often than Christmas and Easter. ;-))

My mom likes to make dinner. (I’m proud of this one. I am finally feeling a lot more comfortable in the kitchen. :-))

My mom always says,  “I love you.” (Aw. Happy tears.)

My mom is funny when she is at Disneyland. (LOL! I’ll be at my next Disney laugh-fest in the Fall. ;-))

{real}

These are the photos I am linking up for Theme Thursday: Animals. The other participants had awesome photos of cute dogs, cats, farm animals…heck, there was even an alligator! I guess I’m really a city girl in this regard because horses make me gag, I’d rather eat a cow than look at one, I hate cats (and not just because they drive my allergies insane),  and if it can’t wear a diaper, it is not allowed in my house. Although, my no pet policy finally broke when Bella won a goldfish at school in the first grade. (I still think she rigged the contest.) Since then we have kept fish. These little guys turn one year old on Memorial Day. I’ll admit I fell in love with their beautiful, bright colors! (And having to clean up poop only once a month? Even I can handle that. :-))

Bella’s fish is on the shy side but feisty when provoked. His name is Spike.

Poor guy. He’s trying to get away from the camera flash.

Andrew’s fish, Rocky, is spunky. I caught him napping in his tree.

Rocky spotted some fish food floating to the bottom of the tank and he made a dive for it. I love that you can see the folds of his fin as he was swimming through the water. 🙂

Thanks to LMLD and Cari for hosting!