Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Day at the Beach, or Why We've Made it 10 Years in the Southland

Our summer-like weather continued yesterday as we headed to the beach to take advantage of it. The day started off slightly cloudy at Will Rogers State Beach in Santa Monica, where we let Derek take his bike all by himself on the beach path for the first time. He did great! He almost made it to the Santa Monica Pier. No crashes and no whining! Good Job Doo-doo's!Carissa (aka- Oblivious to the World on a bike) definitely takes on a "beach cruiser" attitude. She likes meander around the bike path, look around, speed up, slow down- whatever. After several close calls between her bike and my roller blades, I took the front and she kept up.


By the end of the bike ride the sun was out and it was almost HOT!
It was pretty much gorgeous.



THe kids were stoked.





Grayson spent most of his time piling sand on himself in the big hole that Lee dug. He was content!



No post would be complete without a pose by Derek. I think it might be time to send those board shorts to Grayson.



Then the jumping began.





Show off.




"Carissa- stand up and see if I can jump over you. Hey Sara- got the camera ready?"












3 comments:

Mireille said...

Very impressive hops. You'll probably make it another 10 years at least in the Southland.

Snooze said...

Oooooh! What fun! I miss those perfect "winter" days. That was always my favorite time of year. And summer. And spring was good too. And nice October days. Hey, I know exactly why you and 10 million others stick around there. Maybe I should have stayed too......NAAAAAH!

momsteed said...

Great pictures, Sara. What a fantastic January day. The bike path---always fun with younger bike riders!