Cali Beach Trip 2011

We just returned from a 2 WEEK vacation...I think that's the longest I've ever been away from home! We clocked a total of 62 1/2 hours of driving and 3500 miles, that's the downfall. There will be multiple posts to document all the places we went, but we'll start with the first..CALIFORNIA!!!

The girls are ready to get to the beach...let's go!

First day playing in the water, boy it was COLD! Ava never went very far in, she was always chasing and running from the waves. Though Jeremy let a semi-strong wave take her down, but he was there to rescue her.

One of the 3 pics of me, not my favorite place to be pictured. You will see NO pics of me in a bathing suit any day soon! But Mya is looking good and scandalous in her too big suit.

(SEE THE FIRST PIC...I accidently deleted it, but then couldn't get it in the right place!!)

Sleeping Beach Baby!

We practiced my Aunt Mary's tried and true method of the "Dunk & Nap"

You strip your baby of clothing, dunk in the freezing cold water to remove the mounds of sand, then wrap up and put down to nap. Worked like a charm every time! But she became fearful when near the water, sorry baby.

And she ate sand, pooped sand, became part of sand!

And sucked sand off rocks.

Oh ya, looking good!

Even just licked the sand right off the ground.

Didn't bother me a bit, I just let her do her thing and enjoy it!

Jessica, Ava & I made Jeremy into a Mermaid. And it was Jessica that gave him a "chest", not I!

LOTS of Suncream was used in this week and still lots of burning took place on this poor little white girl. Not a happy camper when having it rubbed on with a burn and sand mixed in!

We called them her "Angel Wings".

50 proof Sunscreen doesn't do a thing for this girl.

Lot of holes were dug and played in. Made the perfect wading pool for Mya.

Mya even learned how to dig, see her tracks?

Small buckets of water are better than the ocean to play in.

The last day we were there my cousin Audra & Family came a day early to see us and meet Miss Mya (they were there the next week with alot of my other family that stays for 2 weeks at a time). Audra is such a blast, wish we would have been able to do the second week with her.

Two of her cute kids playing with Mya. Mya got lots of love from everyone!

It was such a great week, though lots of work with little ones to clean up and keep track of. They both slept great in the tent with us and Ava had a cousin to play with all week. And of course lots of fun game playing and visiting at night. Not pictured is my Grandma & Grandpa, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & 4 kids, Uncle Wayne & Aunt Stephanie & 4 kids, my Mom's cousin Sarah & hubby Les & 2 kids and some 2nd cousins. Not sure that we'll go next year, but maybe in 2 years we'll be back for more fun!