Beach Bum

So one of the sure things about when Grammie Merkel visits us is our trips to the beach. She is a true at heart beach bum. I'm sure its where the boys get their love of the sand and ocean.

Jeff and I tend to slide into that lazy "let's have a relaxing weekend'...every weekend we can. And a trip to the beach (especially now from Palo Alto) is a little bit of a trek. ...really its only like a 45 minute drive....but still...its enough to keep us from going very often.

So we took Grammie Merkel for her beach fix...and of course had a great time!

and for these Merkel boys...a trip to the beach is ALL about the digging and throwing of sand!

Check out Max's fistfuls of sand...NOT AT MOMMY please:)



Grammie Merkel's back to visit in September...so we'll be sure to hit the beach again!

We've been 'scootering it' lately...

Max got a new scooter...So it's now the only thing the boys want to do. Since we need wide open spaces for Max as he's still learning about stopping at streets and stop signs... We've been hitting some of the local trails and running paths. I LOVE enjoying the CA landscape this way.

We headed over to The Oval on Stanford Campus one afternoon. It even inspired a little brotherly love...

I love this photo of the boys scootering down the hallways of Stanford...I did think..."Won't it be fun to show them this photo someday when/if they are walking these hallways with backpacks heading to class? Side note...I wonder if college kids will even HAVE backpacks in 2022?

Ride em Cowboy Max!

For everyone who thinks that Max looks more like his Mama than his Daddy....here's some proof otherwise...

Guess who this cute little cowboy is?
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It's UNCLE ALEX...Jeff's 16 year old brother when he was Max's age..