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April 7-11, 2015 This year instead of our 4th annual spring break to Huntington Beach, we thought we’d give Newport Beach a try instead. We also decided to stay in a beach house instead of a hotel and see how … Continue reading
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Three years ago when we went to Hawaii the week before Christmas, B and I really liked the low key holiday we had because we left town and didn’t have to – honestly – put a lot of thought into … Continue reading
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03/15/14 This year in Moab – Christina, me, B, TT and Ari ran the 5 mile. I’ve run the half marathon the last four years and I think I’m just getting too old to run that far – or at … Continue reading
Lelu only spent one day surfing – the wet suit doesn’t allow for getting a tan or checking out the multiple young attractive boys playing volleyball
This could be a postcard – Lelu and Landon loving the sunset. I can’t help but think “God loves us!!” every time I look at something this amazing!
The tandem bike is a great idea IN THEORY for kids to have fun….not so much in practice. Note to self -Next time I will not be talked into it.
We ate at a nice restaurant one night. As B and I were enjoying our salads, the manager came over and said “Did you not get food for the children?” I said “no they ate yesterday” What kind of parents do we look like?
You know I almost named him Noah, I thought Noah and Ariel would be cute together….not even knowing they’d be such ocean loving, surfing loving die hards. They were out there for a minimum of three hours for three days.
This is the only photo of me, you know ‘the mom behind the camera predicament’. This is how I spent a bit of the time they were surfing. Walking up and down the beach. As it seems it’s one of my all time favorite activities. I happened upon a seal playing in the surf and wished I took my phone with me to snap a photo, so I sat and watched it long enough to soak in the coolness of the moment and burning the image into my brain.
Did you know this CA boy had never surfed before? I didn’t. But now he has and he was gnarly! Is that even a surfing word? One of these years I’ll get out there too. I took up running at 40, B took up surfing at 50 – so 45 sounds about right? Next year…
We hired the same instructor as last year and he remembered us. Ari was very well named – water and the surfboard just seems a part of her. She hasn’t stopped campaigning to move down there.
We attempted to play volleyball – Me, Christina, Landon, Wyatt, Lelu, TT and Ari. Let me just say it was very evenly matched in a ‘none of us knew how to actually play’. And it was fun until I got nailed in the face with the ball!
We actually came home on Easter Sunday, so this year the Easter Bunny just happened to see us on the street the night before and had no baskets for anyone. It was a little sad, but since we had just spent five days at the beach – the Easter bunny did not feel very much guilt. What’s up with the boys and their hoodies? I just noticed that.
Huntington Beach is officially one of our favorite places to go – especially for Spring Break. We played all day, the kids were wiped out fairly early and B and I got out our laptops – isn’t the tech age amazing? Homework and work didn’t have to be totally neglected while the kids thoroughly enjoyed their spring break. I love those win-wins! We got to hang out with Christina and the boys a couple days, and Jeff, Christina and the boys for a day. Jeff was inspired to try to surf too since B did. I just didn’t catch any photo ops for him. Wyatt showed us all how it’s done and Landon toughed it out without a rash guard – suffering some wicked surfboard rash.
There comes a time every winter that I must escape, lest I lose my mind and will to continue. Must be my AZ brain muscle memory. 2013 has by far been THE WORST January I can remember. I believe every single day was freezing, snowing and/or the worst air quality in the world (truly). I am so glad I planned a trip for the middle of January! Continue reading
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Once she got it..she caught most the waves
Seeing as our trip to Huntington Beach involved both of my girl’s favorite memory of the year and it was totally spontaneous with zero planning makes me think that I need to be more open to those kind of trips.
For Ari, surfing was the most awesome thing she’s ever done. She says there is nothing cooler than having a wave push you in to shore. Based on the few times I tried to surf or boogie boarded, I would have to agree it’s a bit of a rush. Maybe it feels a little like flying might?
Plus, she’s been reading “Soul Surfer” and was very inspired. She wants to surf in Hawaii now…..I am sure she does!
Brothers who adore each other despite being 9 years apart.
When I asked TT what his favorite memory was, he said “oh that’s easy..laying on a hammock with D on our last night in Hawaii”.
We had walked down to a restaurant along the beach and eaten dinner our last night in Hawaii. All along the path there were hammocks hung between the palm trees sporadically. The rest of us had walked ahead of them and they were walking back together. D said he wanted to hang out in one of them for awhile, so the two of them bonded for about half an hour late at night in a hammock along the beach. I think that’s one of the coolest things he’s ever told me.
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Lelu keeps telling me to hurry up and get writing so I can catch up to her favorite memory. So here it is..finally. When we went to Huntington Beach last spring break, if you remember we went biking and found … Continue reading