newport beach | part 3.

a few more pictures of a trip to southern cali....  our last days were spent building sandcastles, playing with papa, boogie board rides on the sand, bike rides down the boardwalk, splurging at our favorite candy store, and spending as much time with our cousin hannah who lives in boston.  my girls love their cousin hannah.  she is the older sister they never had.  too bad she lives so far away.

newport beach was once again so good to us.  with it's lovely weather and endless activities, there's no place like it.  my kids look forward to going every summer and being with their nana and papa and cousins.  and with that, our summer vacations were all over.  it was one unforgettable summer.

the end.

newport beach | part 2.

^^^^family pictures on the beach^^^^

^^^^jonah's beach hair is all kinds of wonderful^^^^

^^^^everyone had to take a turn flying the kite^^^^

^^^^jack finally built up the courage to try some body surfing and he loved it even they his fear of sharks is still very much there^^^^

well, what more is there to say? it's hard to compete with the beach life.  we had another great couple of days even though jason had to leave us so he could go back home and work.  and of course our beach days weren't complete without an evening bike ride and ferry ride to balboa island for some more yummy treats and some window shopping.  this place steals our hearts.

newport beach | part 1.

newport beach 2013.

great ready folks because here comes a lot of pictures.  i am really trying to finish up our summer trips  and now that i have started a new semester of nursing school (and just ran a marathon) my delayed posts are even more delayed. ahhhhhhhh.

five days after we returned home from our long road trip, we were off again to our annual summer trip to the beach with family.  i had just enough time to do our laundry and repack our suitcases filled with swimsuits and sweaters.  that's the beauty of the beach....swimsuits by day, sweaters by night.  the most perfect weather.

these pictures are mostly from our first two days at newport beach.  as usual, we had lots of beach time and lots of bike rides.  we can never bike too much when we are at the beach whether it's to the newport pier or further on down the boardwalk to balboa island.  we can't get enough of those balboa bars and frozen bananas or our new favorite candy shop, balboa candy.  my children were literally like kids in candy store.

it was so good to be back at the beach and especially getting in some family time with the grandparents and cousins. (stay tuned, there's more!)