Tuesday we went to visit Great-Grandma Meacham, who will be 92 in September. It's such a blessing that we still have her with us, so whenever we make it to California a visit to Great-Grandma is a priority. She is recovering well from breaking her leg in April and having a stroke in July, she was very cheerful and telling us stories about her childhood. I would have liked our visit to last longer but she had to leave for a doctor appointment.
Wednesday, after shamelessly sleeping in until almost lunch time, we took the kids to the beach. We accidentally drove past Balboa beach, which was our destination, drove past Newport beach, and ended up on a secluded quiet beach in front of some very expensive oceanview condos. There was only one other couple on the beach with us, and some junior lifeguards who were there because the sand shelf dropped off pretty steep and the waves were incredible. It turned out to be the perfect spot, and the perfect day.
Ember started out just wanting to walk around and pick up seashells, but she eventually got in the water. The waves in some places were taller than Austin, so she was a little cautious at first, but she dived right in. She even got knocked down and dragged out a few times, but Austin was always there to save her. Made me nervous.
Ben is a digger, his favorite thing is to make deep holes in the sand, build sand castles, and bury himself. Even he put down the shovel for a few minutes to get into the water, the waves were too good to pass up.
Grace also tried her hand at sandcastle building, but without success. Her favorite part of the waves was getting just close enough to let the water brush her toes or fingers, and then running away. Austin held her hand and took her out into the water a few times, but that wasn't her favorite part. She looks like she's commanding the waves in these pictures, or else conducting some great oceanic symphony!
Austin LOVED the waves, he did a lot of body surfing and got knocked down several times.
Me? I stayed on the blanket, took pictures, and read a book. I'm always behind the camera, so 20 years from now you may never even know I was there! AND... not a single one of us got a sunburn. Scroll back to the top, to our red-headed great-grandma, and marvel that the skin we inherited from her side of the family stayed nice and white after more than two hours at the beach. That is expert sunblock application, after years of experience. :)
There's more to come, but I didn't want there to be picture overload on my first post. That's why it's titled "Vacation part 1". Coming soon, Theme parks, swimming pools, and cousins! (Plus there was a vacation earlier this month where just the kids went with Grandma & Grandpa Lawlor and Aunt Celeste to the cabin and Austin and I stayed home and had a stay-cation. So peaceful... *sigh*... but I'll add some pictures from that trip as well, as soon as I get them).
And after all this talk of summer fun, let me remind you, SCHOOL STARTS IN 5 DAYS!!!
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