sailing heart ships through broken waters

we were originally going to hike somewhere at tilden this weekend. we were so pumped on last week's garland hike, that we actually packed a lunch and got out of the house at a reasonable hour for a day hike. then we got into a crappy traffic jam going into the caldecott tunnel. this gave jeremy time to look at one our frequently used websites, bay area hiker and we decided to go to sibley instead.

sibley is a very cool volcanic park that is also an off leash dog area. our favorite kind of dog area! we hiked around for a few hours, taking the volcano and quarry trails and also heading down to the pond. once we walked all the way down the hill we found out it is a dog free area so we just pretty much walked back up. whoops. totally my fault ('let's go down that steep hill to check out a pond!') but jeremy and miri are good sports. i found out that grapes are a good way to coax miri up a hill when she's already been hiking for a couple of hours.

the last push up the hill was too much for miri so she got a nice ride for a little while. she looks really red there but she really didn't get too sunburned. the temperatures have been heading up in the bay area recently and after forgetting it one day last week, i have the baby sunblock everywhere we go now.

all last week miri was not in daycare so we spent all our time together. now that she's back i miss her so much! she is such a good kid and i am so happy she is in my life.

i love the colorful clothes she wears

hey everyone happy monday. mondays really don't mean much to me since i don't have a job, but jeremy is on his weekly conference call so it feels like a work day.

in the last post i forgot to talk about how we went to the berkeley hills for tilden and the little farm!

from the top of the hill of the little farm

we were there in honor of our friends katherine and andy having a new baby! it was supposed to be a baby shower but their new baby came early. she was too small to spend the day at the park but the rest of us all celebrated in honor of her. congratulations katherine and andy! and also congrats to hunter who now has a little sister. we hung out at the picnic tables eating lots of sweets and then jeremy, miri, andy, hunter and i all walked up to the farm to feed some animals. we were there a little too late to hang out with all of them but we made the best of it.

tilden, by the way, is beautiful. here are me and jeremy's shots of standing on an overlook of the bay area. it was a little hazy but still such a great view:

we also realized that we need to make plans to go to lake anza soon. tilden is so big and has so much stuff, there is no way you could get to it all in one day.

so yeah, that was tilden last week. then this week we went to a work picnic for jeremy at kehoe beach at pt. reyes. for some reason i had never been to pt. reyes before! sure, it's a drive but MAN.

to get to the beach we drove about two hours from oakland down lots of windy, and of course beautiful roads. we pulled over and it was about a mile hike in. it was overcast and a little chilly but we were prepared with lots and lots of layers. being born and raised in northern california prepares you for beach days like this one. sorry for all the photos but i just can't get over how goddamn pretty it was

sorry about the last cheesy/happy picture. i just am so stoked about the world right now!