New year, eh? Hopefully 2021 > 2020 but keeping our expectations low.

Meanwhile, you can pretty much find us at home or in the wild… Beauty in simplicity.

Attempted Iron Mountain again as it rained on us Christmas Eve.

Cloudy and foggy but no rain.

Oft found off-trailing to climb rocks. :D

Sweet slumber is also a good thing.

When most of our play dates are hike dates… Not complaining!

No matter the mileage, they never, ever run outta things to talk about!

See what we mean about play hike dates? :)

Mommy found this new place for Daddy that had chili crab/lobster? He said it was fairly on point, especially the gravy.

He does a bit of trail running now… and has bit the dust. Live and learn!

Hike around a lake we’ve never been to before.

Top of Oakzanita! Loved how quiet this trail was.

Who needs toys? Sticks FTW!

The views all around, goodness! We could see to the ocean…

They signed the guestbook w/ their Chinese names. :)

Then started rock quarrying, lol.

No photo but when we got back down, night had fallen and the stars were literally out.of.this.world without the city lights. And THEN we caught the ISS. Daddy quickly checked https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ when we got back and confirmed.

Yes, slumber is very good. Remember when getting a baby to sleep was like the most important thing in the world?

He gets a real kick out of his floating head… And his room is becoming a hodgepodge of random sheets and towels. We told him he could build a “fort” of his own for as long as the pandemic lasted and we’d tear it down when it ends (mistakenly thinking it wouldn’t be very long). But alas, here we are.

New meaning to stair climbing… ;-P

Despite everything, we feel so blessed with friends, family and work that send us random surprises in the mail.

Been spending most of the winter in the mountains so went seaside for a change on a day off from school…

Searching for whales!

Bring it on, MMXXI.