Annual beach trip 2010 -Part 1
Each year, our family heads to the beach with my parents. This is our one guaranteed trip each year. Jason and I started making this annual trip when Carter was 6 months and we hope to be able to do it every summer. We go for a full week and can’t wait to escape the Bakersfield heat. The beach has to be my favorite place to be. It feels like a second home for me.
We left on Friday and weren’t able to check in to the house until about 4 pm, so we went to the park in Cambria, had a picnic lunch, and let the kids run around.





We popped into the farmer’s market for a few items and then it was time to head to the house. This year we were fortunate enough to have a large house on the beach. What a treat this was. It’s so nice to see the ocean first thing when you wake up in the morning and to go outside and have a cup of coffee as you watch the sun set.
Although we did a lot this trip, we still got to spend a lot of time hanging out enjoying the company and the view.






We also did A LOT of this…

Dad was just the only one who got caught in the act. I got to nap with Carter everyday and I enjoyed every bit of it.

Jason got his bbqing in, of course. It wouldn’t have been a good, tasty trip without it. We had a healthy, but tasty menu every night and we only went out a couple of times. We all really enjoy our meals cooked at home. We had the basic staples: spaghetti, fresh fish, and chicken, but we also did a crab boil that was DELICIOUS!!

The deck was enclosed, which was perfect for the kids to run around freely.

We had fun inside, too. Here is Carter playing dice with Grandpa.

Here’s Emma after her bath feeling clean and giddy.

and apparently she’s working on her modeling skills for later in life…

Here’s a picture of the back of the house from the beach.

and of course, it wouldn’t be the beach without some amazing views. It was sunny everyday in the afternoon and we got a few overcast mornings and a few sunny mornings. It was a nice balance.


























































