A day at the beach

Eddie and I haven't really gone anywhere exciting since last July before he started the academy. Now that he's training his schedule changes every 2 weeks and he actually has 7 days off in between shifts currently. With this new found extra time, we figured it was time for a much needed getaway. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous and a trip to the beach was in order. On Sunday just before Nick's naptime we packed up the car and headed to Santa Cruz. When we got there we walked along the boardwalk and ate some lunch before heading to the sand. We figured Nick would be like every other kid and once he felt the cold ocean water would head the opposite way screaming...boy were we wrong. He couldn't get enough of the water. He wanted to sit and play along with chasing the waves coming in and out. Of course in his mind it was probably a HUGE bath tub.


Nick cried when leaving the water. We figured if our feet were freezing, his had to be too. Our fearless child would have probably argued with us if he could do anything besides grunt, groan, and whine.

All in all we had a wonderful trip even if it was only for a few hours. It was 81 degrees and we all got a little bit of color on our skin. On our trip home we stopped in Concord to let the boy have some time out of the car and we wanted to go to Jamba Juice in the Willow's Shopping Center. Unfortunately Jamba Juice was "closed temporarily due to we have no straws and other stuff"... how do you run out of straws and why wouldn't you just go to the store and buy some more??


Here are some pics from our trip now...