Huntington Beach

We declared today a family day and headed out to Huntington Beach with our friends, the Miskins (Kory, Elizabeth, and Conner).
For the first time in a LONG time, my inner photographer emerged...and it felt SO GOOD.
As a result, I took LOTS of pictures and will be posting LOTS of them here. :) So, enjoy!

Huntington Beach:


We walked and walked down the beautiful beach...








...until we came to our (perfect) spot (and can I just say, Travis can sure pick 'em!):


We set down our things and set off to play!


Here we are playing with the Miskins:




Grace and Conner are pretty much BFF. ;) Too cute!


Elizabeth and Conner catching some waves:


Grace and Conner LOVED playing in the sand! (It was a good thing we both brought lots of sand toys!)
Conner:


The Grace girl:








(I love her sweet face!)


Grace thought it was so neat to run her hands through the sand (or "dirt" as she called it; probably because playing in the dirt isn't typically encouraged by mom):


She could have played in the sand all day :)


Travis and I...
In the usual self-portrait:


And the not-so-usual feet photo:


And Grace, with lots of smiles...






...and a few funny faces:




This is often how Grace comes to us when we call her. SO funny!


Speaking of Grace walking...doesn't this totally look like a big foot pose? Grace the Sasquatch!


We played, then had a nice picnic lunch, and played some more!

Grace & Travis (she just LOVES her time with dad):


Daddy-daughter footprints :)




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Playing in the sand together:


Grace & Me:


Holding hands :) (Melts my heart!)


After some long, hard test weeks, it was SO nice to have a family day together. (Thanks Miskins for joining us!) We loved our time at the beach and can't wait to go back again next summer!