On Friday, we got up, checked out of the hotel, and headed over to Balboa Island. We took the ferry over to Balboa which was a fun experience for all the kids. When we got there, we ate breakfast and walked around. Balboa was unbelievable! Every house is DECKED for fall and Halloween. It was so cute. Jeremy and I are ready to move there!
After breakfast, we jumped back on the ferry and headed over to Huntington beach. October is really a fun time to go to the beach because there is no one there. The kids played and had a ball and we didn't have to stress about them.
The weather of course was amazing. The water was a little more chilly then last year because California in general was cooler then last year at this time. We didn't care...we were just thrilled to be out of the scorching heat!
Brody had a ball playing in the water. Jeremy and I had to laugh when later that day he was telling us a story about swimming out by the pier and how far he was away from the shore. In all reality, this was about as far in the water he got.
Just happy and free on fall break!
Case jumped and played all day in the water. This boy HATES the cold so he was freezing the entire time.
Jeremy went and got Case a football to play with in the water. You should have seen these boys throwing the heavy wet ball. HILARIOUS!
What is it about running away from the waves that makes the beach so fun?
Ledger is getting so brave in his old age! He was right out there in the water with the other 2 boys.
Why do we not live by the beach? These boys would have a ball!
Berkley and Jeremy built sandcastles and moats in the sand. This girl LOVES sand and water... Just ask her teacher Miss Jody!
The boys even jumped in and helped with the sandcastle making.
The dirtier the better for this girl. You should have seen when we stripped her down at the showers before we left to go home. I don't think there was a crack or crevice that wasn't full of sand!
The highlight of the day had to of been when we buried all 4 kids in the sand. They LOVED this.
Case is the best big brother to Miss B. Love these kiddos!
After a full day at the beach, we ate dinner at Fred's and then walked down the pier to Ruby's for shakes and ice cream. It was so freezing cold walking the pier we thought we were gonna die! Last year we got stuck in MAJOR traffic on our way home from California. This year we decided that we were going to leave later to avoid traffic which didn't prove to work too well. We still got stuck for an hour in traffic and rolled into Mesa around midnight. The kids slept the entire drive home so it worked out great. We were all so bummed that we had to leave California. Our quick 3 days there was so fun. Hopefully next year we can continue the tradition?
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