Spring Break Vacation: March 8, Day 1

We got into California on Saturday night, but since we didn't do anything fun, I am not going to count that as day one.

Day one happened to be a Sunday. Shaunton and I planned in advance to go to church in the morning and even printed out driving directions from the hotel to the church. There was a time difference of an hour when we got there. I was unaware that the time switched again on Saturday night and we were back to the same time as AZ time. We ended up at the church an hour late and missed sacrament meeting, but stayed for the other two meetings.

After church we went home and prepared to go to the beach. Seeing as how it is free and we could try our hardest not to break the Sabbath. We initially went down in regular clothes figuring the kids wouldn't really want to get wet because the water was really cold. Last time we went to the beach (about 3 years ago) the kids were afraid to get anywhere near the shore line into the water. They couldn't have been any more different this year!

Jaxen was out in the water and wading to his knees...so much for the pant legs being rolled up. Ember even ventured out into the water. We decided to send dad back for the swimsuits so we didn't carry a whole beach worth of sand into the hotel when we went back. I figured the water couldn't be that cold, and tried to wade in. It was like walking into a ice water. Eek.

Owen preferred to play in the sand. He would squat and pick up the squishy sand, throw it, and repeat. He loved going into the water and would freak out when it would rise up to him. His eyes would get wide and he almost always lost his balance as he looked down at the water coming up to him.

The kids collected sea shells that made their way back into the ocean and made sand castles (or tried to anyway).

We spent a good 5 hours at the beach playing, wading, walking, and just having fun.

Time to go back to the hotel and enjoy a dip in the huge jacuzzi tub and try to get the sand off all the places it shouldn't be.