Another afternoon at the Beach...

Today we drove down to Santa Cruz to spend the day with my father-in-law, Clay and his wife, Lizz. They were married last October and we have enjoyed having more family living closer to us. We met at the beach and although the day was a little cool and windy we all had a great time. After sharing a pick-nick lunch it was time to get busy with the work of an afternoon at the beach. We knew we would need a place to keep all the kids we had brought along so Will and David spent a little time carving out a huge hole in the sand.

The kids literally fell right into our trap...and played in a big sand-hole for about thirty minutes. The adults too the uninterrupted time to discuss the upcoming wedding of Will's youngest brother, Alan. (Congratulations Alan and Heather!)

For some reason or another the children did eventually tire of their sand prison and were ready to play in the water.

After everyone was chilled to the bone from the ocean water we needed a way to warm up...we also needed to fill the giant sand hole back up. We stuffed as many kids as would fit into the hole and buried them with the left over sand...problem, solved!

The remainder of our time was spent shaking sand off tiny bodies, enjoying pleasant company and eating all the goodies we could salvage from the sand swept pick-nick. Thanks for a great afternoon Grandpa Clay and Grandma Lizz!