Rest for the weary

During Chance's wedding we stayed at a beach house in Laguna. After the wedding, Niles had to get back to work so my sisters, our cousin Leah and I (with kids in tow) stayed at the house for the rest of the week. It was beautiful and just what we needed. It was this great house right on 1,000 steps beach. Beautiful, but 142 steps from the top of the cliff where the house was to the beach. This may not seem like alot, but add a cooler, beach chairs, umbrella, towels, boogie boards, castle constructing equipment and 7 kids under the age of 6......it's not easy! Britt, who's 8 months pregnant thought it was great! (She's a trooper!)

The cousins played on the beach all day long, everyday. The boys "boogie boarded" or "surfed", which really consisted of them standing on the boards and waiting for the tide to rise up the beach to move them about 2 inches! It was hilarious, but kept them occupied for hours! We built numerous sand castles, took walks on the beach and ate lots of yummy treats on the beach...for the smaller beach goers ( Kirra & Grace) sand was the main snack food.

While we were there, we went and saw Noah and Twink's new condo in Ledara Ranch where they are moving next week. It is beautiful (15 minutes from Laguna) and I am so happy for them! Honestly, happy for me because visiting California is a bit more fun than Utah!
It was a wonderful week with my sisters! Thanks girls for a wonderful time!

The fabulous Watterson Sand Castle.

racing on the beach with the kids...my calves hurt for 2 days after!

Family picture on the big.

Tyler, Noah and Niles after a morning of surfing.

Twink with the kiddos after playing a game of football.

Mid football game.

Twink, Britt, me and Leah at the mini water park by Twink's new place.

Soren and Lovey warming up after playing in the water fountains.

Three boys taking a breather.

Ferris ride and ice cream cones at the Spectrum Center for Jake's birthday.

Ice cream cones on the deck.

Me and my sisters on the beach.

The Garfield family.

Noah showing the kids how it's really done...they were in awe.

Served lunch on the beach...mind, that was 284 extras stairs that I climbed....major mom points!

The boys and their boogie boards.

Lovey instructing Grace on proper castle building technique.

Soren "surfing".

Lovey and Kirra out cold!