Beach

I love the beach. Any beach, any time, I'm there. After we landed in California, we got our rental car and drove straight to the beach; it was the perfect way to start our vacation. That day we only stayed for a couple of hours and I took no pictures, but a few days later we went back with the whole group. People came and went, but our family stayed the longest, about five hours and if I'd had food for dinner I think we could have stayed longer.

Thanks Grandma for bringing kites! The beach is the perfect place for them, and Ali spent most of her time sitting on a little chair flying her kite. She was so proud that she could do it all by herself and could get it to fly so high. 

Eli spent most of his time pretending the waves were trying to get them and joyfully running away. Sometimes the waves would "get him" and he would fall into a heap on the sand. Other times he out ran them and would do a victory dance. His game was so fun many of us spent time playing it with him.

Logan specifically asked Grandma to bring this raft that he remembered having fun with at the Colorado Reservoir a few years ago, and we were so glad she did because Logan spent most of his day wading out into the water a bit more than waist deep, getting in the raft, and then riding the waves back to shore.

Eli spent the entire day completely covered in sand and was bothered by it not one bit.

Our beach day was one of my favorites of the whole trip. On a side note, I woke up this day with a pretty bad headache, which I get all too often these days, but was determined not to miss one of my favorite things so I came anyway. Shortly after we arrived I could feel it fading and within about an hour it was totally gone. Once we got in the car to go home it came back a little. So, clearly if I want to be rid of my headaches all we need to do is move to the beach! Fine by me!