Monday, November 12, 2012

Esplin Family Beach Trip - Playing Catch Up

 For the last 2 years we have gone to California with my family during the US Open surf competition.  It is so fun.  Be prepared for a million pictures.  This is our hotel.  It is awesome.  We discovered it on our trip with friends last May.  a full hot breakfast and two rooms -  mostly, some of the rooms have the pocket door removed, but two rooms is AMAZING when you have little kids.  I'm all for hanging out in the hallway, but you know:)
 The kids also like to chase each other around outside.  I'm not sure how appreciated it was... we tried to only allow it during decent hours.


 Lots of boogie boarding...  wet suits are a must if you want to have fun in the water, at any age in California.


 Max was amazing.  He took decent naps in his stroller and loved the sand, luckily he was not mobile yet...


 Adam is the rockstar uncle.  Even Max gets excited when he hears Adam's voice.



 Best buddies.
 The surf competition.





 
 Nap time.

 Love birds, still boarding in their old age....
 Papa and Max love each other so much!
 My parents gave us this awesome tent.  it's great for naps and to get out of the wind, and at t-ball games:)


 Adam can pull off the surfer hat  Justin's head was too little:)  And Justin was so bugged that when he went back to California in October, he searched until he found one he could pull off.



 Josh is not loving being buried in the sand.  Which reminds me of the time my parents buried Amy and I and then went in the water.... and we couldn't get out.  Just passing along the love to my children.

 Don't mock my stylish sun glasses.


 Becca was fascinated by this trash can.  Maybe because it had Nemo on it?
 You can mock Anna's stylish swim suit.  I can't remember what the story behind that one was.
 I have this exact same picture with Adam and Anna....

Grams takes a turn in the sand.

 Anna is quite proud of her perfect cartwheels.

 Loving on Kelsie
 Justin helped the kids dig a sweet hole.


Notice Adam in the background....

Which was awesome to watch fill up with water.


Debating where to go in....
And most of these pictures were taken by my sister Amy, I stole them from her along with these gems of her darling girls Natalie, Becca, and Kelsie



Missed you Jessie!!!  Hope you made it through the whole post so you don't yell at me for not mentioning that you couldn't come....

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