hurray for the beach!

last saturday we took the kids to the coast. it was sunny & 85 degrees here in the valley, but once we crossed over the mountains it got cold and windy! thankfully the day warmed up because some irresponsible parent didn't bring sweaters. i guess i'm still used to how sunny and warm the beach is in north carolina! but no one froze and we all had a really fun time. here's a picture of where we spotted a whale ... yeah, you can't really see the whale in this picture, but it's there!

here's raylee! although she didn't actually go down on the beach, we got a picture of her in front of it. ;) just kidding. we all went out on the sand for a little while.

here's the family (minus me ... i always seem to be the one taking the picture):

yay for candy!! there's the best little candy shop here that we always go to with the kids. and i can say "always" since we've been to the beach twice and have gone both times. :)

oh yeah, did you notice damian's iron man shirt in that last pic?? pretty cool, eh? here's noel and his huge lollipop. he was SO happy.

the end. :)