We went to the Beach

We took a vacation to San Diego, and look, I have photographic proof!

See? Children frolicking on the beach means we went and had fun. The girls are my nieces.

This was during a game of Bocce Ball, wherein Oliver hit Skyler in the head with a ball.

resulting in this sweet picture

I actually got into the water, something I haven't done in probably 15 years! Skyler wanted to try boogie boarding, he lasted approximately how long it will take you to read this post. So, after remembering that I too enjoy a good boogie boarding session, I gave Jonah and my nieces rides on the board.

One of my favorite things that we did was visit "seal beach". I loved watching the waves crash up against the rocks and it was neat to be so close to the seals (that may or may not have actually been sea lions).

Oliver checked out the seals with me, Skyler and Jonah wouldn't stick around because they said it was too stinky.

We came back another day and climbed on the rocks.

One day, Jordan rented some kayaks and took the kids for rides and then went on a long ride himself in search of a geocache.

Waiting for a turn

Skyler didn't want to go in the kayak, and almost didn't even come over to the bay with us, which you can clearly tell from the smile on his face.

We also hung out at the pier and visited the Mormon Battalion Monument site. That was a lot of fun and I'd highly recommend it (even if you aren't Mormon, it's still free fun).

And then there is the obligatory last day at the beach picture. This is kind of an odd time to take a picture, no one really looks happy because everyone is sad to leave and no one really looks all that good because no one really dresses up super nicely to drive home, but it is tradition dating back almost 20 years, so we couldn't not do it.