Newport Beach

A couple of weeks ago we had a fun family vacation at the beach. The timing was great because I got to tag it onto a "girls trip" I had been planning with my life-time girlfriends to celebrate us all turning 30 this year!

I said good-bye to my sweet husband and kids and flew down to San Diego on Wednesday and spent that evening, Thursday and Friday with my friends (I'll post more about my fun-filled girls trip later!) On Saturday morning my sister-in-law Angela and her family (who live in San Diego) picked me up and we all headed up to Newport Beach to meet up with Aaron, my kids, and some other members of Aaron's family (who had all driven down the day before.) I am so grateful to my husband who was brave enough to make a six hour trip with the kids without me!

We spent the next five days enjoying the easy-going atmosphere of the beach, pools, and just amazing weather! We had a wonderful time as our own little family, but also with our extended family. Thank you so much to Aaron's Mom and Dad for inviting us to come share in the fun with them! They are so great!

A few highlights:

Eve, looking very proud of her castle.

Grace with her cousins on our first day at Newport Beach.

Grace and Julia were so excited about the hole they spent a good portion of the afternoon digging!

Grandma helped the kids build a huge sand castle at Corona del Mar.

Eve, Aunt Sarah, Grace and Julia getting ready to roast hot dogs for dinner in a fire pit at the beach.

So, I kind of took a lot of picture of the kids at the beach (and nothing else!) But, like I said, that's a lot of what we did...and it was wonderful!