California 6-9

Thursday we spent all day a Newport Beach. The waves were great for boogie boarding and there wasn't as much seaweed as the other beach.

It was a little cold out of the sun as you can tell by my dad. I don't know if it was cold enough for a wool blanket though!



This was Braden's first attempt at boogie boarding. It took a lot to convince him to try again after the wipeout.



On Saturday we went to Huntington Beach and had a cookout. We played games, boogie boarded on big waves, ate, played beach football, and relaxed.

It was especially nice to relax after Will fell asleep!



On Friday night we had a friendly poker game at the house. Even though we were playing for nothing, we still had a good time. Cory ended up winning the pot. Which was nothing.




This was the hotel that everyone else was staying at. It had a fun pool that we ate our dutch oven dinner around while the kids swam. I think Braden had more fun here than at the beach (at least swimming).

We took Dan, Danika, Luke, Layna, Jenni, and Grandpa to Boomers. We had a good time, but Luke was too small to do almost everything.



We looked forward to the family reunion for 6 months and it did not disappoint! We already want to go back. For now I'll have to face the winter and dream of the beach!