Beach Day

Last weekend we drove to California for about a day.  The weekend before was our Abegg family reunion in St. George, UT (post to come) and we brought our 4 year old nephew home with us for a week (post to come).  We then drove him back to California.  We drove in Friday evening, left the kids with our nephews and niece to put to bed, and got massages with Tim and Rachelle (Mike's sister).  On Saturday we went to the beach!  Ethan told us several times to watch out for the waves and not let them get us.  His favorite thing to do was run away from waves.

Benton napped on the way to the beach and stayed asleep when we turned the car off.  I stayed in the car with him while he slept for like another 40 minutes.  When he woke up he was feeling snuggly.  As you can see in the pictures below, Mike didn't mind!

 Our nephew as a mermaid.

 Rachelle with our littlest niece.

 Benton was in his element playing in the sand.

 My pictures edited (of boys in the water) still don't come close to Mike's pictures unedited (Benton in the sand).

After the beach we went to a pool to wash off.  We drove home the next day.  I'm glad we had a full, exciting day to make the drive feel worth it!