Carlsbad Beach May 31-June 4

We started the summer off with going to California with some friends from our ward. Shelley Anderson had been wanting us to come and had been working on me for a few months. I wasn't sure about camping on the beach with Olivia. So Shelley went and found us a condo close by that I could stay in with Olivia. Then she asked the Fitzsimmons to come and since they also have a little Olivia they could share the condo with us and make it even cheaper. So we went and we are really glad we did.

We hung out at the campsite most of the time, and that is where we all ate together as well. The kids had so much fun on the beach, they loved it the second they saw it. They thought it would be a lot bluer though.

Alina was our little fish in the water. She never got tired of being at the beach.

Greta also loved the water and the kids turned her into a mermaid.

Here is Greta and Ethan picking up seaweed. Alina decided to see if seaweed
tastes good and she says it does.

Austin and all the other kids found crabs all day. The kids would keep them in buckets and leave them out in the sun and they'd die. Or if your Alina you carry it around all day long and kill it by giving it too much love. When Austin found his dead Jason Fitzsimmons dared him to eat it and the stinker ate one of his legs.

The kids under the canopy hanging out.

Our sweet little Olivia did great the entire time.

Here we are in my favorite place in Cali, La Jolla.

In La Jolla they have a beach of sea lions, it was pretty cool to see.

La Jolla also has little tide pools with tons of crabs for the kids to catch.

It was a great trip and we thank Shelley and Heber, April and Brad, and Jason and Hilary for such a great time. We'll camp on the beach next year and we can't wait!!