Happy 60th

Yes, I know it has been months since I blogged, and no excuses will be given, but it is time to repent and what time is better than a great event!!!

When we asked Brent what he wanted to do for his big "60"th birthday, he said he just wanted to sit on the beach and play in the sand with his kids and grandkids. So, we made his dream come true.

We loaded everyone into a motor home we rented from a great friend-----(Everyone except Q who couldn't get away, and Dani who we picked up in Rancho Cordova) and headed to California

It was great fun having 7 adults and 5 kids driving and playing for the 12 hours it took to get to Dani's

Once we got to Dani's we got to spend a couple of days there playing at her house, going to the train museum, picking lemons and oranges off her trees, and just hanging around her beautiful

place.

We got to go to church with her on Sunday before we got back in the RV

and headed to our "House on the Beach" It was a beautiful home on Monterey Bay near La Selva Beach. It had 2 walls of nothing but windows and the view was nothing but Ocean. It was glorious.

It had lots of bedrooms, a huge kitchen, a large dinning table, a hot tub, a jacuzzi, plus another large tub and another shower (3 bathrooms). We had plenty of room for the 13 of us!!!

As beautiful and comfortable as the house was.... The Beach ..... was the main attraction. It was cold enough that we were worried about the water, but it only took one day for the young ones to not care about the cold and played and played.

buried in the sand

Aunts who loved to play with them in the waves

3

Out of the 3 full days and 2 - 1/2 days we were there we were on the beach A LOT... but they could have easily had more.... they loved it!!!

The adults loved it too, watching them play, and making castles, motes and rivers.

Watching and playing with these two was like having twins. They were so cute and fun to be around.

Teaching M how to Boogy Board

Then the girls decided to take a turn on the boards

When the cold got too much, Grma was always there for a warm hug.

3 of the 4 generations there

AH, life is good!!

ps.... we did some kayaking at Moss Landing.... never seen so many seals (or were they sea lions... don't know the difference) and otters in one place, they are hard to see, but the dock in front of the ship is stacked 2 deep with the noisy things. Ah-ha... found a great pic of them stacked on top of each other!!

In Hawaii we were excited to see one or two otters swimming.... here there were bunches of them!!!

The End.... a great week!!!