Laguna Beach

We went to Laguna Beach to spend the night at Derik and April's house. April is Eric's step Sister and the person that set us up on a blind date 14 years ago.

Their house is amazing and has beautiful views of the ocean, but I think my kids favorite thing about their house is the golf cart. They spent hours in the evening playing on the golf cart as you can imagine in the morning they were the 1st ones on the cart ready to head to the beach.

I learned that there is a very fine line between joy and torture. Lucy loves bugs and animals and loves to touch them, it brings her joy.

She found this sand crab and carried it around even after we got back to our house. She would take it out and brush it with a little paint brush to "clean it" . I knew she thought she was being loving and taking care of it, but I felt like I could hear the little crab screaming "Save me, please someome!". She wanted to take it to church on Sunday, but I said no. Today it is no longer alive, but Lucy doesn't mind. She still thinks it's just as cool as ever.

When she was not in the water, Ruby spent her time putting sand on her head and all over her body.

After the beach we went swimming at the pool and then went home, showered and then took the trolley into town.

We had to wait for an hour to get into Pomodoro, a yummy Italian restaurant. Everyone was hungry so we took the kids across the street to get some candy as an appetizer to hold them over until dinner.
It was worth the wait. The food was delicious.

We had a great time hanging out with Derik and April and their kids. I can't even imagine living in Laguna Beach, it is so beautiful!