Oceanside 2010

A few weeks ago, a friend let us know that their beach house was available the 2nd week of July and they asked if we wanted to go... how could we pass that up?? Unfortunately it was short notice, so we couldn't arrange for Mitchell and Ashley to get off work... big bummer. I hate that my kids are getting so old that it effects our family life. I wish they were all little again! They used to love to travel with us and play games... now they want to be with friends, be on the computer and they have jobs that get in the way... I am sure it will only get worse... i am not looking forward to it. So all of you with little ones... I know they are hard... but have fun! They grow up way too fast!!

Anyway... My parents happened to be in town helping Scott and Jenn, so they came with us. Then we invited 2 of John's sisters to come along. Barbara is going through a tough trial and we thought she could use the beach therapy! She is staying at Cathi's in Mesa, so they both came. And Cathi's son Keaton came with them.

It was a beautiful week at the beach! High 70's, sunny skies! We got lucky, it was the hottest week of the summer in Vegas... 115 all week! We were happy to be away!

I enjoyed jogging on the beach every morning! Something I can't do at home right now... too hot! We played games, relaxed on the beach, bbq'd, built sand castles, read books, swam, walked to the pier and boogie boarded! The only thing wrong was Ashley and Mitchell weren't there! Ashley had planned for months to go to the beach on the Friday that we were there... so she and her friends drove down to San Diego on Thursday night to one of their relatives and they came and hung out on the beach with us on Friday. It was fun to have them for the day!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of the week...

How beautiful! Right outside the door...

Boogie boarding...

Grandpa! The kids next to us asked Tanner how old he was...
they were impressed that he was still out there!

Tanner!

Beautiful sunsets!

John always has to build a castle!

Love hanging with my honey!

Tanner hitting some balls...

So pretty! Dad took this one!

I woke up to this nice note on the beach!

B-day lunch... John got me a Baskin Robbins cake! YUM!!

Dinner overlooking the harbor... good company, not so good food... bummer.

This is the sunset we saw while we ate!

My dad forgot to sunscreen his feet... they got so sunburned that he had to go to the dr. to get big blisters taken care of...if you want to see pics of the blisters, look at my facebook pics.
Not sure I want to gross you all out!

John, Cathi and Barbara

Cathi and Keaton

4 of the fab 5! Kristine, Leah, Kami and Ashley

The girls getting some sun!

If you could only hear them screaming!

Tanner and Dad playing some Frisbee...

I think he got buried a dozen times!

Watching the sunset...

Me and my daddy.

Not sure how I missed getting a picture of my mom! Sorry mom.
I hardly took any pictures. Most of these are my dads.

There is something magical about the beach. I came home very relaxed and refreshed.