The Big 4-0!

Oh no!  Say it ain't so!
Dave turned the big four-oh!

That's right Dave turned 40 this August.  His birthday fell on a Sunday and we decided at the last minute to do something low key, because his big birthday bash was a week later.  So we drove out to the San Pablo Recreation area and rented a boat for a couple of hours.

We even let the 6 year old drive...

While it was warm at our house, it was quite cool on the water and in this area.  But it was simply beautiful!

We packed a lunch and had it on the water. And just drove around and around for the remaining time of our rental.

 Drew of course had to ham it up - I think this must be his impression of that scene from Titanic.  No he's never seen it, but he has seen the cover of the movie - you know to see what it's rated (his favorite thing to do to all.of.our.DVDs.).

And the birthday boy...

 ...40 looks pretty good on him.

Father and son..

I'm not sure if you can see this well, but this is a tree where it's roots are out of the water.  It was amazing to see how low the reservoir was - and it was a prime example of how bad the drought in California is.

Just gorgeous...

We loved this little recreation spot!  We were talking about how fun it would be to get a group of people together to rent a pontoon for a few hours and go on the water (sans kids) for a little apps and maybe sneak in a few adult beverages....