March Fun in Santa Cruz

For our spring forward weekend, we went to Santa Cruz and returned to Chaminade for a two night vacation. The first day, we dropped the kids off with my sister and drove the coast to explore the beach and some abandoned train tracks.

It was nice to have a night by ourselves.  We then got brunch, and some pie (for pi day), and picked up the kids.

The next stop was the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanical Gardens. Liam liked being carried by Elsa, Arne took pictures of lots of cool plants and flowers, and we enjoyed exploring.

The next morning, Liam and I went swimming and I got some breakfast from the hotel restaurant with a view before returning home.