CA Trip: Oceanside Pier

First of all, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Tave-man! 

This little guy turned 3 years old while we were in CA!  (He will be getting his own birthday post soon)

We had a pretty low-key day at the beach, which is just the way this kid rolls. :)  

We let family and friends know that we'd be hanging out here for anyone who wanted to swing by. It was so fun to see lots of awesome family members that we don't see very often. Thanks,everyone, for making this day tons of fun!

~Tave~

showing off his 3 year old muscles!

~Ryder~ 

doing what he loved best, playing in the sand

 

~Weston~

He looooved being big enough (and brave enough) to go in the water. He spent pretty much the entire time running around in the water, throwing wet sand, and getting soaked:

~Kapria~

Sharing treasures:

She loved digging in the sand & finding sandcrabs

~Mila~

was good just hanging out on the blanket and blowing bubbles!

The kids found tons of these and they were HUGE:

The playground at the beach is always a favorite:

~Shar~

She was so awesome and carried Ryder around for his nap. Our boys sure love their aunt!

      

~Trav~ 

built an awesome sand castle with the kids:

~Dad & Mom~

~Melissa & Me~

I love this girl!

~Abby~

She and West became little water buddies

~Tory~

our photographer

love you!

~Kevin & Marquee~

~Alex & Kayli~

~Natalia~

~Amber & Will~

~Nonny Kare & Ryder~

~Grandpa & Tave~

It was a perfect 'last' beach day.

Goodbye beach, we will miss you!

CA Trip: Another Beach Day!

We love the beach. love Love LOVE it. 

I really can't say that enough. 

The sounds, the sites, the smells all combine together to make our happy place. 

My heaven will have a beach.

I'm pretty sure my boys agree. When we came back from our CA trip, the 2 things the loved the most were Disneyland and the Beach. So there will be a lot of beach pics posted from this trip because we went quite a few times and loved every single second.

Trav surfed while we played in the sand, danced in the waves, and laughed with our friends.

Shar's cute friend Alison and her adorable girls met us there.

Perfect day!

CA Trip: First Beach Day

Saturday we headed up to Shar & Trav's. The kids were thrilled to see their cousins and couldn't wait to get there. We played for a bit and then had to make a trip to the beach since it was so close. 

It was a chilly day, but that didn't stop the kids from having fun:

It was Ryder's first time at the beach and it was a hit. He was FASCINATED with the sand. He kept digging his little feet in and army crawling through it. He would pick it up in his hands and just watch it run through is fingers. Then, of course, he had to taste it! So funny.

We loved our first beach day and couldn't wait for more!

More Beach-y goodness

Shar sent me the best photos from the beach!!

The smell of the ocean, the sound of the waves rolling in, the sun on my skin, & the sand in my toes...

it will always be one of my very favorite places on earth.

My heaven will have a beach.

It was the perfect place to go for my final day in CA.

CA Trip - Day 9

June 5th

Another beach day!

The beach is one of my very favorite places. Ever. So we absolutely had to go again before we left. We are so glad we did!! This was the best beach day. The weather was perfect and the boys enjoyed it so much more than the first day. (Tave was still sick the last beach day) We found out Tave LOVES cherries & West is a huge daredevil.

Jeff dug a super cool pool for the boys to play in and it was definitely the hit of the day. We topped off our perfect beach trip by playing at the beach park per Weston's request.

Love love love the ocean- the sites, the smells, the waves & the sand.

The day was made even better when we went out on a date with Mom, Dad, & David. Mom's friend watched the kiddos for us and we went to see the Prince of Persia. Awesome movie, aweosme company, awesome date.

Loved it!

CA Trip, Day 2

May 29th

What is a trip to CA without the beach?!
We LOVED playing in the sand and finding rocks on the beach. Sand castles and wave jumping were in order as well. :)
Tave liked snuggling with Grandpa since he wasn't feeling better yet. (we realized he had canker sores in his mouth, so he wouldn't eat, which meant he didn't sleep great because he was hungry, making him even crankier. poor guy. but things got better after a few days)

We just love the beach!