Beach

Carlsbad, California

Adria sitting in HER camp chair. She is very pleased!

 My family enjoys camping on the beach in Carlsbad, California annually. This trip we loved the amazing view, falling asleep to the ocean waves, running down the stairs and anytime of the day to play in the ocean. We saw dolphins swimming and also a sea lion. We enjoyed playing in the sand and boogie boarding. We had a campfire and sang songs. We went and picked fresh strawberries. We were so grateful for the showers so we would wash off all the sand and salt. It was so fun to be together and build great memories!

 Adria loved the beach! She liked playing with her sand toys, especially her bucket and shovel. By the end she could fill her bucket with sand all by her self. We tried really hard to keep her covered and sun screened. Thankfully she was happy to wear her had and the swim shirts worked wonders. She did come home with a slight farmers tan on her arms...I'm just so glad she didn't fry like her Dad.

Adria is such a cutie!

 The Gigantic Sand Castle

We Durfees are project people. Holly Cow! We made the biggest sand castle I have ever seen! It had two major towers on either side with motes and walls surrounding them. In the middle we made this huge mound of sand and called it the temple(sorry I didn't get a picture). We had so much fun creating, building, decorating, and working together on this project.

It was so funny. Joycelyn, Cherry and I made one of the towers. Adria was sooo excited to help us pat down the tower that was taller than her! She joyfully helped and then tried to climb it...we quickly stop that. I was decorating the base with a sea shell sand toy. Here I was carefully going around the tower adding these sand shells and there Adria was going along behind me happily knocking them down  :) It was hilarious!

The Ocean

Adria loved the ocean! She wasn't even fazed by the cold water...brave girl. As we were jumping waves and the waves receded she kept asking to go farther out so we would be in the water again. I kept telling her the water would come back :) Adria would get so excited when a wave was coming she would stomp her feet and grin!