California

We were lucky enough to go to California to visit 2 grandmas in April. Devon's mom was visiting his grandma in Upland. Of course we couldn't pass up a chance to go to the beach. It was a little chilly.

We started out just collecting shells along the shore, thinking it was too cold to venture into the water.

But soon the pull of the ocean was too great and all of the kids ended up getting plenty wet.  Spencer found a way to duck under the water and dig up shells.  He stuck to it for quite a while and came up with a lot of great shells and was quite chilly.

Leah liked the beach when I would put her down so she could explore on her own.  I would put her on the towel, but she just pulled it out of the way and got her hands in the sand.

The kids with their shells

there was this weird ramp thing next to the stairs that James thought looked like a slide- a concrete slide.  He actually tried it, and then realized it was made of concrete.  This is a re-creation, we are not that cruel, I didn't see that he was trying to slide down it until it was too late, but since he didn't get hurt it was pretty funny.

We ate some great seafood- fish tacos and fish and chips

Devon's mom was nice enough to watch the little girls so Devon and i could take James and Spencer to Disneyland.  It was perfect because we could all go on all the rides.  WEll almost all, James was about 1 inch too short for Indiana Jones.

Carrie asks me everyday if we can go back to California.