We went to Santa Cruz for the mass exodus of LDS families who camp at New Brighton Beach for Memorial Day Weekend. Robin (my mother-in-law) really wanted us to all go down there and camp together. I loved the idea.
You see, I grew up camping. We very rarely had money to do anything but camp, but I loved our trips. I have fond memories of gathering berries from the wild vines, fishing and catching trout, playing games, and singing by the camp fire at night. Now that I have 2 little ones, I'm amazed that my mom would take myself and my 2 sisters on week long camping trips!!! We camped at many different locations in Northern CA and I truly enjoyed it.
So back to Santa Cruz..... we left on Thursday morning (May 22) and enjoyed 2 nights along the coast. I was physically so exhausted from our hectic schedule over the last week that I mostly hung out at our campsite. I did enjoy a 6:30am walk with Little C on Friday morning, and really enjoyed the time with those who we shared a campsite with (our little family, Ryan's dad and step-mom, Ryan's brother Loren, and the Woodland's). Big D enjoyed riding his scooter, playing baseball, and just sitting by the fire!
Ryan took the boys down to the beach on Friday where they flew a kite.
Some highlights of the trip were:
Little C brushing his grandma's teeth,
Uncle Loren sleeping in this little tent with his 2 air mattresses, foam padding and his sleeping bag,
and of course being with my family to play and roast marshmallows in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains!
4 comments:
wow, LOVE Loren's tent with the airmatresses! how did he sleep in that thing?
so good to see you guys, and your little boys are adorable. i bet carson and asher would have so much fun playing (or stealing) from eachother!!
This looks like sooo much fun. I want to go next year.
How fun that you guys went to Santa Crus!! I am dying over Loren's air matresses!! I am going to tease him about that! Ok I have been totally lame...lets take the kiddos somewhere this week...Fairy Tale Town? Let me know what your week looks like! ~dev
love it! santa cruz is totally one of my favorite times of year. it was great to see you guys there!
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