Day 5 was spent driving back from Northern to Southern California. We arrived Friday evening and decided to stay in a hotel near the beach. We found one just off of Seal Beach and not far from Adventure City which was the final park we would visit this trip. We checked in and the kids and I got ready to swim while John went out and got us some dinner. When he returned, we ate and then went down to the pool for a short swim before bed.
There wasn't room for us to stay in this hotel for our final night, so we checked out of the hotel and walked down to the beach. It was Annalise's first time to the ocean and Bryce has only been once when he was just a few months old.
We first walked along the pier for a bit and watched the people fishing. We stopped briefly for this picture, but Bryce was too interested in everything going on around him to actually look at the camera.
Jacob and William went right into the water.
Bryce loved the ocean from the very first moment! I LOVE these two pictures!
Spencer
William...not liking the taste of salt water,
but getting plenty of it!
Bryce and Jacob taking a little break on the beach.
Do these two look alike or what?!
Annalise didn't want anything to do with the water at first, but she sure enjoyed the sand.
My sweet princess throwing sand at me.
And thinking that was one of the funniest things ever!
Jacob and William teaching Annalise how to bury herself in the sand while Bryce watched everything going on around him while relaxing in the shade. Getting that chair and Anna's stroller on and off the beach was no easy task!
This girl has many funny facial expressions...just like her big brother, Spencer always has.
Once she saw the boys enjoying the water, she decided to brave it with her dad.
She decided it wasn't so bad after all. I wish you could hear her giggle through this picture. It is one of my favorite sounds. I love watching children discover things for the first time, especially when they are my children.
Jacob trying out a boogie board that a nice lady that we met on the beach loaned him.
Building sand castles with Dad.
Knocking them down was the best part of all!
Annalise and I spent some time in the water and then she decided to join Bryce in the sand.
Spencer was a little nervous about going out in the big waves on his own (which I was very happy about!), so John took him out on his back to catch a few waves.
Spencer was the only one who decided he actually liked the taste of the salt water.
They were all freezing after washing off in the showers. The ocean water was fine, but that shower water was cold!
Seal beach was definitely a high light of the trip. We would like to go back to California sometime just to spend a few days at the beach. After leaving the beach we stopped at a little local restaurant for lunch, then headed over to Adventure City.
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