FUN, FUN, IN THE CALIFORNIA SUN!!!

We went to California last week and had a great time. The kids loved the pool and hanging out at the hotel.

Ashton is quite the fish these days. I can barely keep him out of the water and have to keep a very close eye on him. He thinks he can swim!

There was a lemon tree right outside our hotel room door. Burke and Ellie were obsessed with climbing it and picking the unripe lemons. Every time we left our room we ended up with lemons in the pockets.

The kids and I were in the room a lot and Braxton was a huge help with Bradley.

We went to the beach one afternoon and as you can see Burke and Braxton had a grand time chasing waves. I am not an ocean lover, so I was happy that they were content to chase waves and dig in the sand.

Burke loves rocks these days and as you can see going to California didn't stop him from collecting rocks. I think we brought home 10 pounds of rocks from the beach.

Braxton was the bravest of the two this trip. He went out a little deeper, and he tried body surfing. It didn't last really long as he was pounded by a huge wave! Thankfully Ricky was close by and Brax made it to shore alive!

Is this darling or what? I think this is one of my favorite pictures from our trip! Ellie had to warm up to playing in the water, so she spent most of her time in the sand. She loved just playing and being in the sun making sand castles.

Surprisingly Ashton wanted nothing to do with the water. I was relieved because I thought I would have to chase him around all afternoon, but as you can see, he sat by me the whole time on this towel. He filled up buckets and dumped them and then refilled them most of the time we were at the beach. What a nut!

Bradley slept most of the time we were at the beach. Taking a newborn to the beach is a little challenging, but he did great and I think he remained sand free!