Epic long weekends

The start of the holiday season means that we actually brought out the real camera again and took some photos.  Here are a few keepers, starting with picking out our Christmas tree at a farm in Half Moon Bay (yes, it was actually cold, and no, we weren't prepared for the level of manual labor involved).  Having kids has apparently turned us into people who put up a tree as early in the season as possible.

We also decided to head down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and it was a hit, as expected!

Of course Chris wanted to stop by at Asilomar beach before driving back home: