A DAY AT THE BEACH

On Monday we had a beach day -- at two different beaches. We started out by driving to the La Jolla Cove about a half hour away from us. We didn't do any swimming or sandcastle building in La Jolla, but we did walk and shop and enjoy the scenery!

The La Jolla Cove.....

It was really busy at the cove and we didn't get the best parking spot so by the time we got hungry and were done at the beach the car was parked clear down at the other end of the beach. Soooooo, I walked back, got the car and we ended up eating lunch in the car. Luckily the kids were fine with it.....

After lunch we went to the "Sunny Jim Cave" at the cove. You have to walk down (and then back up) a tunnel with 145 steps to get to the cave.

In the cave.....

Headed back up to dry land.....

Because the beach in La Jolla was busy and because I didn't want to carry all of our stuff down to the beach in La Jolla (way too much work!), we headed back towards home and stopped at Ponto Beach in Carlsbad to play in the sand and surf......

Sandcastle building.....

Time to rest.....

Time to play -- the girls (Megan, Rena and Maleah) spent a little bit of time chasing each other with buckets of water.

Whose going to get wet first????

Rena gets Megan......

Then Megan gets Rena.....

Then Rena gets Megan again.....

Then Megan gets Rena AND Maleah (and Cameron thinks it's funny!).....

Enough with the water fights time to get buried in the sand.......

HELP! Maleah can't get out......

Rena's turn -- LOOK! NO legs!.....

Finally, time to play in the ocean.....