The Beach

Day two of our CRAZY San Diego trip was THE BEACH!

After gorging ourselves on the motel breakfast (that's a joke! all they had was a few muffins!) we headed over to Mission Beach. 
My children had never been to the beach or even seen the ocean, except for Colby when he was two so that doesn't really count.  Needless to say they were all very excited to see the ocean.  We got there by about 9:00am so it wasn't too crowded yet so we were able to get a great spot to set up camp.  The only problem was that it was pretty breezy and the water was SOOOO COLD!
The boys however were not to be deterred from their first ocean experience and they braved the frigid water for quite awhile.  Cameron and Hayden finally gave up on the cold water and played in the sand but Colby was loving it and stayed out in the waves for an hour or more. 
Our two cute baby girls were all bundled up but were pretty happy sittin in their bumbo seats just watching everything. 
Kacy got in a little nap and some sun but not I! 

I was pretty out numbered by my kids so I pretty much felt like a ping-pong ball. 
No nap or tanning for me!
I did love the beach though and even if our "few hours" was only about 90 minutes it was still fun to be there and it gave me the itch to bug Mark until he gives in and takes us back to the beach.
Side note:Mark hates California and getting him to go there will not be easy but I am going to do my best, the beach is calling my name again!  If you know my Mark at all you won't be surprised that he doesn't like CA.  If you don't know him I'll just say that Mark and the City, any City, don't mix well.  He is a country boy through and through.  And really so am I, I guess that's one of the things I really love about him.  But who doesn't love the beach enough to deal with the city every once in a while right?  Well, Mark doesn't but I will still try!!

We really only stayed there for 90 minutes until it was just to cold to really enjoy it.  So we packed our chaos back into my van and headed back to AZ.  The drive home was LONG but really the kids did pretty good.  Unless of course I count Clara crying for the last hour and a half, or Colby and Cameron fighting and getting grounded for 24 hours.  Parker was an angel though and really after the long two days we had had they were all pretty good.  And I got to know Kacy better which I think was great.  Her and I kinda have to stick together because neither one of us has a biological sister so we kinda get to be that for each other.  At least I hope she feels that way about me!!  Love ya Kacy!!  And if you don't want to see my kids for at least a year I totally understand.  And to my brother, I'm sorry if Kacy doesn't want anymore kids after seeing the Craziness that is four kids!!   

It really was a crazy trip and I really think that I am just now starting to regain a little of my sanity but it was a memory making trip and that's what I loved about it.  In 20 years my boys will still talk about that trip to San Diego with Aunt Kacy and Parker and I love that about it.

Thanks Kacy!  Lets plan next year but lets invite Lisa and Jodi and Grandma.  Why not add six more kids to the craziness?