Sunday, August 10, 2008

The Summer of Love






Well this has been THEE MOST AWESOME summer EVER!!!  And I have LOVED every minute of it!!!  Can you tell with all the caps I used.  Our last vacation as a family was spent touring the OC beaches.  We stayed in Costa Mesa (great deal on priceline.com) and were so close to the South Coast Plaza.  The first night we just settled in, had dinner, met with my childhood friend, Angela, and sat in the spa.  The next day, we drove to Huntington Beach, parked in front of my grandmother's house (so nostalgic), ate at Duke's on the beach, played on grass, walked to the end of the pier and watched the many surfers...just like Cody Maverick!!!  Then, we headed back to the hotel for nap, went shopping at the SCP (T got new sunglasses at Nordstrom) had dinner, bathed and went to bed.  Saturday, we went to Laguna Beach and played with T's dad.  He has a great timeshare there (the one we visited in July).  Dad took us out for our anniversary (#11) and we just spent time together.  Oh, and we even had time for the trolley and for L to play on the beach. And did I mention that I ran five miles on the treadmill while the boys played in the pool before leaving for the beach.  Sunday, we drove to Balboa early, ran for 30 minutes while D rollerbladed and pushed the stroller, headed back to the hotel, requested a late check-out, took Angela out for lunch, and then headed home.  Whew!  What a blast!!!  What a blast!  Thank you, God for my sweet family and all the time we are blessed to spend together.  I just can't get enough of it.  Here are some fun photos to go with the story.


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