Sunday, February 19, 2012

Port San Luis


This was a memory my dad had growing up as a child. It was awesome he was able to take his kids and his grandkids!





Love this picture!!





and this one too ...



The bird that was inside the fence really wanted his picture taken again!



Butterflies by the Beach

Monarch Butterfly Grove in Pismo Beach, CA.

 The Monarch count has averaged 25,000 over the last five years. In most years, Pismo has the largest aggregation of Monarch butterflies in the U.S. The Pismo Beach Grove is the largest in the state. Pismo is the most visited site (by humans) in the world with an average of 60,000 visitors


It was so amazing to walk around and be surrounded by butterflies. The pictures do not do grove justice.












Ella looking at the ducks!!







Two guys fighting over one girl ... typically




Saturday, February 18, 2012

Afternoon at the beach

We went back to the condo, woke up everyone else, ate breakfast, got changed and went back down to the beach. It was very warm when the wind was not blowing. Big kids had no care that the water was freezing and Ella was fearless. :) Great day!!


Love this one with the big kids in the background!!



Pismo Beach Pier






Ella's sand footprint!


She loved yelling at the ocean








If you didn't know, I love her little chubby feet :)





Morning at the beach

First morning at the condo, kids and I woke up around sunrise and walked down to the beach ... these are a few of my favorite


looks like a scene from star wars :)


my karate kid


Running from a big wave




The waves were enormous. Poor kids kept running in and out.


I love this picture!!! Elijah looks like Justin Beiber hahahahah

It's been a long time

Sorry everyone... life has been crazy and I have done a horrible job updating. However, we did just get back from a two week trip to California for a mini family reunion ... pictures are coming!