We began with a small hike up a foggy valley.
The kids got a little dirty.
So we hiked back down to the ocean to clean our feet and explore the beach.
It was a cold and windy day so naturally Belize insisted she wear her swimsuit.
Trying to attempt a picture with both of the kids- WHY? WHY? Can they never be facing me for a picture? I try to gain vantage point and they scatter like cute little mice. I like mice, I can't help it, they are just adorable. Everytime we go to the pet store, I point out the tiny mice in cages that we could have as a pet and Brannon always tells the same story of how he and his Dad scared some mice out of the garage and onto the driveway and then killed them with soccer cleats. Poor mice.
This is where it gets interesting. Belize, Rio and Brannon head off to explore the OTHER side of the rocks.
They wait until the tide recedes and run around the protruding boulders.
Oh no! The water caught them!
Hey, this might be kindof fun.
Even hilarious.
I swear, this gets interesting, just skip to the end now if you are bored.

Rio gets tired, crashes and burns. He is no longer happy and cries the remainder of the beach.
Like how my shirt is a little nautical (my mom's favorite word)? In case you were wondering, I planned it. Not like, I went to the store and thought, "Where would I ever wear this darling shirt? Oh yeah, i remember Kelci telling me about Leo Cabrillo State park and how it was on the beach, and that would be the perfect place to wear it. I totally HAVE to buy it now." It was more like, "When we go to Leo Cabrillo, I am definitely going to wear that darling shirt I just bought cause it would look so cute in pictures by the ocean." By all means, the reasoning was just as bad and now I am ashamed that I put so much thought into an outfit and I promise I will never do it again. No, that's a lie, I probably will. Why am I so silly sometimes?
But doesn't the it look so darling next to the sand and my crying kid?
Finally! What I came for, a family picture! (It's been over a year since our last one and we are due (still love the last ones though- thanks Kailey (p.s. I can't find my CD!)).

Could this girl get any cuter?
"Mom! The way you are trying to cheer me up is disgusting me! How dare you!"
I love my kids. I just love 'em.
Now we get to the last segment and by far the most interesting part of our trip. I was stewing about how to make this story worthy of its hilarity but I just can't so I will just get to the point:

Aside from "Shauna's Chocolate Frosting" (which is heavenly by the way) this is my second recipe EVER!!! Oh yeah and that one time I made apple cookies and wrote down the recipe, I think I still have it but if I ever find it, I will throw it in the trash cause those cookies were plain yucky. Oh yeah, and this recipe I got from someone else and then tweaked it so I'm not even sure that it counts for my recipe.

I helped prepare a baby shower the other day and was talking to Belize about it. She asked, "Is that where they (the babies) shower with their mommies?"

Pictures courtesy of Belize.

Brannon went a little Type A and kept himself busy the whole time. Helping people move, working on the car, cleaning the house, returning Tupperware and oh yeah, hiking to the top of Mt. Baldy on his day off with a couple of the young men he works with in church. Here are some pics of Brannon, Adam & Shane, Brannon would write more details but he's not a very bloggy guy so the pictures will have to speak for themselves.

The kids were pretty much in love with Nana & Grandpa's yard and spent most of their time outside. They also went to Abuelo & Abuelo's for the weekend- no pictures but I hear there was salmon from the market and balloon animals.Warning: Grandparents movie aka pretty boring & long for anyone not related.