Hello California

I am trying to recover from a very busy and very fun

weekend.

And that's the thing about vacations...

you need a vacation to properly recuperate from a vacation.

So I was all, Listen Ginger... Im super exhausted

so if you could just make your own bottles and scramble

your own eggs today, that'd be awesome.

To which she replied with a blank stare.

Saturday we met up with my brother and sister in law

Nikki and Cody and their adorable kids.

Clive

Tessa

Don't they make beautiful children?

Meeting up with them proved to be an awesome decision.

1. We had a blast.

2. They're moving to Texas so it was great

to spend time with them before they go.

And 3. Because if you ever go to the beach... you should go

with them.

Need some shade... they got a tent.

Thirsty? Here's an ice cold diet coke.

Bored? Here's a football and a shovel.

To bury a football?

Basically... they're prepared beach goers.

Ginger loved the sand. and surprisingly didnt

shove handfuls in her mouth like I thought she would.

Tessa is my most wonderful photography subject

to practice on...

You can see why.

I've got 42 more examples.

The last picture is of her "throwing a snowball at me".

A few reasons why I LOVE kids at the beach:

1. They call balls of sand- snowballs.

2. They aren't uptight like adults. Sand in their armpits

and mouths... Who cares?

3. Sand can provide hours and hours and hours of entertainment.

And whats a trip to the beach without

someone getting buried in the sand?

Tessa was a very willing participant.

Man I love that picture.

Ginger got in on the action too.

Ta dah!

Hello Sunshine.

Hey man walking his dog in the background...

Get out of my shot! You're ruining my moment!

Keep going sir.

Forget it. Ginger move up a little... Now to the right,

there we go.

Wasn't that fun?

I'll show you our Disneyland action tomorrow!

I promise.