A Trip to the Beach
At the beginning of March, Matt called me at work one day (totally out of the blue) and said, “Want to go to the beach? Let’s go to San Diego. I’m online booking it now.” So, in early April, we went! We stayed at the awesome Navy North Island NAS in some of the nicest TLFs we’ve ever visited. I suppose, really, the rooms weren’t anything truly luxurious (and we were in the old building) but we weren’t there for the hotel room. We were there for this…
See that ship? It was waaaay out there. It’s a BIG ship.
From our room, we walked across a lawn and then hit the beach…leading straight to the Pacific Ocean.
Needless to say, we absolutely loved it. The weather wasn’t the most cooperative (we were freezing!) but that didn’t stop us from getting some play time in with the waves and digging up as much sand as possible. This was Noah’s first trip to a beach and Ava’s first that she would really remember, so it was a highly exciting time!
Chasing waves.
Bundled up because he face-planted in the (cold) water.
“Ladybug Girl LOVES the beach!”
Sand!!
Each day we were there, we spent a couple hours just wandering the beach or going to check on the waves. These kiddos are definitely water lovers, so it did take a little effort to keep them from just running straight into the water. But, if we stayed back from the tide line, they were just as happy to play in the sand and make a total mess.
Nothing says “Day at the Beach” like winter coats and sweatpants, right? 
Like I said, they enjoyed getting messy. Ahh…sand in fleece. That’s so easy to shake out!
This guy loves the beach.
So does this girl.
A great start to a wonderful adventure. More from San Diego soon!