Last Wednesday we headed over to Oceanside, CA. Our purpose was simple, relax and enjoy time at the beach. We knew we must be on the right path when we ran across this sign with our name on it:
We got to stay with Keith's Uncle and his family. Their cute house is just a 15 minute drive from the beach. They were so great to let us stay with them. Brett even got his own room, which made for a great night sleep for all. Grant LOVED playing with their dog, Shasta. He keeps talking about her.
Day one at the beach started out with pouring rain and temperatures as low as 57 degrees! We were so bummed. It really looked like that storm was going to be around all day. So we suggested to Grant that we say a prayer to ask Heavenly Father to help the storm clear up and make it warmer outside. So Grant prayed for us. We had waited in the car for about a half hour when the rain stopped. We decided to just get out and at least walk on the beach. Then the sun came out and it got warm and we enjoyed a few hours of great time on the beach. Isn't prayer great!?
That night we walked to the end of the pier and enjoyed dinner at Ruby's diner. The night before we walked on the pier and saw a guy catch a big lobster and other's who caught fish and star fish. Grant was so eager to find out what they caught.
There were lots of surfers waiting to catch a good wave near the pier:
We thought it was pretty funny that their menu had this burger contest. Keith ordered the Romney burger. It was really yummy:
The next day we head to the beach in the morning and spent a few more hours playing and having lunch. Grant added to his shell collection from the day before. Brett had a blast playing around in the sand. I found that it's kind of tricky going to the beach with a baby who sucks his thumb. He made many disappointed faces when his sandy thumb went in! It was funny. Keith caught a few good waves on the boogie board both days. I played it a little more low key and stayed mostly on the sand.
After cleaning up at Keith's uncle's house we started our drive home and arrived late that night. We had sand on everything! I've nick-named it "magnet sand." We had so much fun and look forward to going again soon!
4 comments:
Loved the pic of Brett with his face full of sand! Glad you could have a fun fall break.
fun! i love oceanside. and ruby's is the restaurant of my adolescence. so many good memories there!
How fun! Love all the pics. Especially the last, its wonderful!
So many super great pictures of your trip it almost felt like we were there, we love the beach. That family picture on the pier is amazing with that great sky behind you. But the ultimate picture is of those cute little guys playing in the sand with the pier behind them, priceless! Thanks for sharing. Love Dane and Marsha
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