A Day At The Beach

After all of the wedding festivities were over we did MORE driving - this time to Newport Beach. It was an awesome sunny day and it felt SOOOOOO good to be at the beach while it is still winter at home.

We walked along the shops where Scott went for his Senior trip with all his friends. He showed us the best place for sprinkled donuts. We made our way down the pier to see the waves and birds.
Finally, the kids got to put on swim suits and hit the water. Just as you would expect, Brielle dove right in, Ava cried because the the water was "too sandy", and Zachary ran free after birds and waves or anything that caught his eye.And what caught his eye the most? These girls behind us. Zach would just stop dead in his tracks and stare until someone dragged him away. Poor boy.
We left the water to came up to play on the sand for a long time. I guess the actual sand wasn't "too sandy" for Ava.
Brielle and Ava turned into mermaids.
They tried to build a sand castle amidst a lot of screaming that Zachy was throwing sand and bulldozing their buildings.
The fun ended when Zachary stuffed his mouth full of sand and when we thought these white kids from Utah were getting a little too fried in the sun.
We went across the street to The Crab Cooker for some really delicious shrimp, scallops, crab and clam chowder. Oh yum.Here is our beach bum boy while the car gets loaded up. He looks ready to pick up some chicks, eh?
We got to our hotel right by Disneyland and went directly to the heated pool. That water went over better with all of us. And then after a long day in the sun and sand it was bath time for everyone before we went to Princess Tiana's diner for dinner at Downtown Disney.