Oceanside 2009

Every September we go to Oceanside, CA with my family. We always have the most amazing time just soaking up the beautiful weather and spending hours upon hours at the beach. It is really one of our favorite places to be. It was especially fun this year because Eden was old enough to really enjoy it.

In fact, here is a picture of the first thing she did when she saw the ocean our first day there. She just took off running strait for it...

The kids were in heaven...

Me and my Dad...

My Dad and his awesome goggles...

Babies and seaweed are a cute combination...

A couple of wipeouts...

Our little crab friend that almost got Eden's toesies...

Eden was so well taken care of by her sweet cousins...

Some boogie boarding fun...

Emily and Justin caught a wave together...

Eden really wanted to catch one too...

Me and Dave...

Our Beach Babe...

(she really, really loved it)

Eden and Ryder hard at work...

The last Beach photo...

We went out one night to celebrate my mom and my sister's birthdays and take some family pictures...

Justin and Eden, excited for the cupcakes...

Me, my parents, and my sisters...

(two of my brothers joined us for the last day)

My parents with all of their grandkids...

We took one morning off from the beach to use our bounce back tickets to SeaWorld. We only went for a couple of hours...but it was still super fun.


Eden playing the huge instruments...

Emily and Justin loved playing in the awesome bounce house and fort again...

Before we left we had to say goodbye to Shamu...

The end.

I know this was a huge post. If there was a class to take on narrowing down pictures for a blog, I would take it. I'm sure less is more when it comes to blogging, but it doesn't feel that way when I'm going through my precious photos. :) Thanks for bearing with me!