Part Two! It happened! I blogged! Miracle.

Alright, let's finish this California trip up - there are things going on around this place that need to be blogged! 

First thing Monday morning we were headed to Newport Beach to soak up some sun, play in the sand, and ultimately drink half of the ocean whilst boogie boarding.

I'm not sure why this smile is so pained. I promise she was happy to be there.

That's me and my boyfriend out there, being so cool and all. 

This is one of my children, and I love her in all her mop-headed glory. 

 Aunt Bachano went out with the two big kids and gave them a few pointers. Jonah had fearlessness on his side, and had it all figured out in no time! Caleb was out there with them too, and he said Jonah waded so far out he could barely keep his head above the water. Then a huge wave would hit him and he'd catch it for a minute then dive off the front of the board and pop up again with a huge grin on his face.
I love my little man child.

When Caleb thinks "beach" he thinks the blustery beaches of Oregon. When I think "beach" I think this.
I have definitely come to love the Oregon Coast, way mucho hugely... but I remain true to my SoCal Nativity. This is my favorite.

Amelia eventually gave up on clothing all together. 

We lasted on into the day, and headed home at the point of exhaustion.

But there was daylight left to burn, so we went to Aunt Bethanie's park.

Because parks that live in places where it doesn't snow are always awesome.

Claire mastered the obstacle course with graceful style.

Then we hit the sack!

Then the next day...

Caleb left the house on his bicycle pointed towards the coast, and we left in the car because that's how we roll. We went here, because we're nerdy homeschoolers and "Nature Interpretive Center" sounded like our kind of place. It was!

There are supposedly gorgeous tide pools here, but the tide was in and we weren't waiting around 10 hours for it to be out. So we watched the waves for a while and soaked up some salty breezes and Daddy showed up on his bicycle so we headed back to the all inclusive resort Aunt Beth's.

There are amazing swimming pools there. Amazing.

No snow. Things like this appear where snow doesn't.

Look at my gorgeous sister. She's growing a human in this picture.

Millie was a fish in another life.

We swam. And swam. And swam.

And eventually the cousins returned home from school and joined us, and showed us how Cali Locals do things.

The next morning we headed home, full of sunshine and happy memories and plans on returning soon!