What a wonderful day we had today. We went to the beach at Santa Monica and the weather was perfect. Not too hot and not too cold. There was barely anyone there, too! We were a few feet from the waters edge and had a blast for the entire afternoon there.

While this isn’t the first time the kids have been to the beach, it is probably Katelyn’s first time that she really “gets” it. She was scared of the rushing tide but ventured out to her ankles in it as long as she was holding tightly to daddy’s hand. We would run in and away from the wave and at first she would scream in fear but then it quickly turned into excitement for her. I had such a good time with her. I can tell she’s going to be just like me when it comes to water: she’ll love it forever!

Up on the sand, Joshua was a bit timid to go anywhere but from mommy’s arms. About an hour later, he finally got out and plopped himself in the sand digging with his shovel. He and I then played “bury daddy’s arm and make it come out” for a while. I also dug a deep hole and fell into it to allow for some burying of daddy in the sand.

I couldn’t get anyone all the way in the water so I was solo for the body surfing stuff. I went in and out throughout the afternoon and caught some sweet rides in. Man, I had a blast! The water was a warm 66° (this is the Pacific folks) and I never once shivered. I could have stayed in all day.

Around five-ish, we bailed up the street to Santa Monica and 3rd. We ate at this awesome Italian place (can’t spell it’s name) and dined outside. Crowd watching is always a fun thing in Santa Monica (as Brian pointed out Thursday.) The food was incredible and I got a parking spot right there by the restaurant. When we left, a convertible Ferrari was behind us (see the modi). Nice.

Okay, now where off to the pool. I’ll blog more later.

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