Beach Day

Sean and Andrew digging up some sand

Jack and Andrew loved being buried in the sand

You might have to enlarge this picture to see the humor, Lyla has shoved her finger up Jack's nose and he can't do a thing about it

We were chasing this one around the beach all afternoon

Whereas this one stayed put and just played in the cold water and sand

Jack splashing in the water

A team effort to dig a hole, that kept disappearing

Lyla eating the sand, she thought it was very delicious

Such a change from two days before when she wouldn't even stand in the sand let alone play with it. If you enlarge this one you can see her sand goatee from eating all the sand.

The Grandparents, without these two none of us would of made it to California. Thanks for such a fun trip, I wish we were there right now...

Disneyland

Disneyland!!! Yipee!!!

We arrived just in time to see a lot of the characters exiting the Fire Station on Main Street and to see Mickey parading down the street with a band.

Jack got to dance with Dale.

Jack, Rick, Sarah, Lyla and Doris in front of the castle. I forget whose castle it is. Cinderella?

Meeting Mickey

This was the one thing Sean had on his "must do" list. See Captain Eo.

Waiting in line for the Jungle Safari.

It is a good thing we went on such a slow day with lines as short as 5 minutes, otherwise the kids would of really been going nuts!

Lyla had to get out and walk around a lot. Everyone would stop and stare. It was so cute.

Henry and Lyla did sooo good in the stroller!! Some serious chillaxin'!

Most of the gang.

I can't wait to go back, and either can Jack!!

Unplanned Beach Trip

Our first trip to the beach was purely to appease the cries of two little boys, Jack and Andrew. They had talked of nothing but the beach since our arrival in Newport. So after a yummy lunch in Laguna we decided to make a quick stop. We rolled our pants up and hoped that no one (Jack and Andrew) would get soaked.

Lyla either knew she wasn't dressed appropriately

or just didn't want to get dirty because her stint in the sand lasted less than ten seconds. After daddy saved her from the sand she cleaned every single grain of sand from her feet.

Happy girl, safe in daddy's arms.

Henry loved the sand, he is one little boy who doesn't mind getting dirty.

Jack was in heaven, he seriously talked about the beach for weeks before we went!

Jack and Andrew were hesitant at first to get their toes wet. But all they needed was a little encouragement and they were hooked. A few minutes later while playing some sort of game involving throwing seaweed Andrew slipped and got soaked. A few minutes after that while Jack was "chasing" waves it was his turn to get wet when a wave that was a little larger than anticipated knocked him over. So we left Laguna Beach with two very wet toddlers, one very sandy baby boy, and one very clean baby girl.