Spring Break Trip #2

On the second week of our Spring Break we went camping with some friends from baseball, the Forrests. The dad is Avery's coach and she played for him last year too. They have 2 cute boys ages 9 and 7.

We went to Rancho Jurupa in Riverside. It's the regional park there and it's our second time going. We like it a lot. Nice and close, lakes, parks and it's huge so lots of opportunities for bike riding. We had a great time! It was our first time camping with anyone else and it was a lot of fun! The kids got along great and Devin was the best he's ever been! We're looking forward to going again with them sometime in the near future. Here are a bunch of pictures I took.

This is Devin, Aidan and Justin

Tyler and Devin

Aidan and Avery

Tyler and Avery playing Connect 4 on Tylers bunk in their trailer

Nothing like a good campfire

Fishing (no luck, of course)

Kelly and Jeff

Aidan, Avery, Justin, Tyler and Devin

This place has a fun rock climbing park and the kids loved playing there

Swinging at the playground

Having lunch at our campsite

The kids doing friendship bracelets and beading necklaces

Coach Jeff helped Devin learn to throw properly. Devin is now his biggest fan!

Miniature golfing at the campground. This was a highlight!

Avery and Tyler

Not sure exactly why Kirk is holding our trash can, but the guys were barbecuing our dinner.

The kids had fun giving each other rides on the back of the Forrest kids bikes

And this gives you an idea how huge our lots were. The Forrests trailer is on the left and we are the right. This is when we were packing up to leave, so nothing is outside.

Spring Break Trip #1

Warning! LOTS of pictures!

The kids have 2 weeks off for Spring Break, so we planned a couple of camping trips. For the first one we decided to go back to Pismo Beach. We had so much fun last summer there we wanted to go again and it didn't disappoint. We had a blast! When we arrived it was raining. Yuck. Camping in the rain isn't the best, but it's okay for 1 day. And that's all we got. It got warmer and warmer every day and ended up being even warmer than when we were there in July last year! So, with it raining the first day we hunkered down in the trailer and just relaxed, did some beading (a favorite), played with our electronics and ate dinner.

Day two we went to the outlets to buy Justin some much needed new shoes and then did some biking, playing catch, played some ping pong, etc. All the usual camping stuff. Lots of fun.

Day three we headed up to Cambria to a place my friend told me about. It's called Moonstone Beach. There are tide pools and the beach is made up of lots of really pretty little stones. The kids had a ball collecting all kinds of stones and looking at all the neat things in the tide pools and even played a little in the surf. I had packed lunch, so we ate in the bed of Kirks truck and fed the very friendly squirrels that were around. This was my favorite day of our trip. It really was a very cool beach! We then made a little stop in Cambria at a bakery and treated ourselves to very decedent treats. We made our way back to our campsite in time for dinner and a campfire.

Day four was beautiful. We started the day at the driving range and then made our way to the beach for a few hours of fun. The kids had a ton of fun collecting a million sand dollars. After 28 we made them stop. I have never seen so many in one place in my life.

Day five we packed up and headed back home after a very fun filled few days! Traffic was horrible, but the trip was worth the headache. I'd rate this one right there at the top of the list! FUN!

And these cute little things were our resident friends that visited us quite often at our campsite.