Vacation Day 5, Seal Beach Part 2

This morning was nice and relaxing. We all slept in. The kids woke up and went swimming while we made waffles and bacon for breakfast. I asked David to go in the cubby closet downstairs and get all the things we wanted to take to the beach.

The next thing I know, Noah is walking up the stairs saying there is a snake. What? Dakri and I go to investigate with David and David picks up the snake and throws it on Dakri. I thought she was going to have a heart attack. He found a fake snake in the closet.

We headed to the beach and David got right out there on a boogie board.

He was having fun.

We had a much better set up today with chairs, umbrella and lots of toys.

David gave Ben a lesson on the boogie board.

He catches every wave all the way to shore because he is so light.

Emily got the hang of it.

Her and Alanah were having a blast.

Alanah caught a wave.

Emily caught a wave.

Josh caught a wave.

Noah didn't even go in the water today. He tried the boogie board on land.

He tried surfing.

Dakri told me she doesn't go in the ocean above her knees. She liked the boogie board.

I caught a wave.

Then, I noticed all the fish in the waves and almost had a heart attack. Ugh, they could've touched me!

The girls and a sailboat.

Dakri, me and the girls were out on the boogie boards and a seal goes swimming a few feet away from us. We about freaked out. I was just hoping a shark wasn't chasing it. The seal ended up swimming up and down the shoreline all day and he had a friend with him.


They were playing in the waves.

Noah was channeling his inner Baywatch.

That's Dakri, Ryan and David on the right and the seal on the left.

Then, they all caught a wave.

Then, it was the little kids turn.

My boys are so cute on the beach. They just play and play.

The Dad's tried to channel their inner Top Gun.

I tried to get a little photo shoot of Emily on the beach. I didn't realize my lens was foggy, but she still looks sweet.

I tried a picture of Noah, but he wouldn't really cooperate.

I tried Ben too, but he never gives me a good smile on command. Instead, I like his muscle shadow picture.

This was the best picture of Ben and Emily is being a goofball.

I cleaned off my lens and got a sweet picture of Emily.

We had a fun and exhausting day on the beach. It's 8:45 and we are all ready for bed! We are headed on a whale watching tour tomorrow morning!

Vacation Day 4, Seal Beach

We started today still at our hotel by Disneyland. The kids decided a dogpile on David was a good way to start the day.

It was nice to get a slower start and not be in a rush to get to Disney. We ate breakfast and David took the kids to the pool.

It was heated and felt great.

David threw Ben forwards.

And backwards.

While they were there, I got to clean up this aftermath of the tornado.

We went to Costco for a few things and then headed to Seal Beach. Our beachhouse wasn't going to be ready for 4 hours. We decided to park at the beach and go get some lunch on Main Street. My kids HAD to put their feet in the sand first.

I realized the are very lucky kids as they've had their feet in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean in about 2 months. Not too many kids can say that. Heck, not too many adults can say that. Emily was so excited she was doing handstands.

Even Noah couldn't wait to get to the water.

We made the kids leave though as we were all hungry. It was hard to leave though. We went to eat at a great pizza place. Wow, it was good.

After lunch, we changed in the car and the kids made a beeline for the water.

Emily and Alanah were excited to get in the water.

Someone dug a huge hole, so we put the bad kids in there. Josh was first.

The water was perfect - cold but refreshing.

Ben is in his own world. I think he thinks he's Sandman from Spiderman.

Emily in the water.

Yes, Ben is in his element.



The girls were having a blast!

Noah ended up in the hole. Shocker.

I love when she is laughing having fun.

Noah kept taking off. This was the first time David brought him back.

You can tell Noah was really concerned.

The kids were getting brave.

Ryan and Dakri on the beach.

Noah covered himself with sand.


He was having fun with his sand toys.

Then he started following the "ducks" as he called them.

And he chased them all over...

He didn't even care that he was wondering off. We just watched him and David followed behind a little ways.

He was way out there.

That's David following him. He's the blue speck next to the blue trash can.

Our beach house was almost ready, so we hung out in the backyard. Pretty tough for us.

Noah has a perfect little seat for himself.

It's a great house!

We are about 7 houses from the beach and we were barbequing filet minon when the sun set, so I took this photo from our balcony.

We have the upstairs part of the house and our friends have the downstairs, but the girls want to sleep together. They somehow ended up with the master suite.

After dinner, we all hit the pool and spa again.

Noah liked the cozy lounge chairs.

It was a great day and we are looking forward for more fun at the beach tomorrow!