Pacific Coast Beach Trip

While visiting 

grandma and grandpa

we enjoyed sometime out at the coast.

We love the sand

the ocean smell

the bbq and smore's 

and mostly

the big giant sweatshirts to stay warm.

it really was cold.

my little xander!

my sweet aeryn...looking not so sweet!

 I love the look of sand.

you just want to feel it 

squishing between your toes.

then you remember

how much of a pain it is to 

get all that sand off our 

bodies

before we get in the car

cause it is

really a 

PAIN 

to get it out of the carpet in the car!

 the waves were awesome!

xander's sweatshirt dress...

i remember being that little

when my poppa's shirts 

touched the floor when i wore them.

i miss those days

and love having them with my babies!

my ellie is 9

turning into a young lady

wishing I could keep her small. 

 other beach moments

the kids love having their dad 

dig a giant whole

then they climb in and someone

gets buried...

up to their chest.

ellie is pretty much standing up

that is how deep the whole was.

she struggled to get out

but she did it!

she is strong.

we couldn't go to the beach 

without smore's.

my kids love to roast marshmallows.

it isn't easy to get them just right.

i used to like them burned,

but now I want them slow roasted...

so the inside gets gooey 

and the outside is perfectly golden.

it takes patience...

something I don't always have...

but when it comes to a 

perfect smore

I'll have patience.

when it was time to go

i looked at xander's feet

man they were dirty

but he had a good day

a very good day!!