Friends!

We actually have some friends out here in California! Geoff and Kristen, friends of Jeremy's from graduate school, live out in Palo Alto. They also just had a super-cute baby boy named Kestrel. The whole family stopped by to see us a couple of weekends ago and we all went out to Point Lobos State Park for a hike and picnic.

We stopped on the way to the park at the Cheese Shop in Carmel - there will most likely be a whole blog section devoted to the Cheese Shop as it is one of our favorite places out here. They have a great selection of amazing cheeses and they also give out unlimited samples. Then we had a great cheese picnic by the ocean.

After lunch we hiked all over the park. Here is a picture of the five of us taking a break to enjoy the scenery.


We really enjoyed hanging out with Kristen, Geoff and Kestrel. We explained the Kestrel had some pretty big shoes to fill since we really miss our friends' kids from Chicago, but we decided to cut him a break since he was only three weeks old.