Beach days, what 75% of my days will consist of this summer.

First things first, Tyler & Sadie go straight to the water. Trev stays onshore most days.

Then they come onshore after boogie-boarding for a long time. Most days they stay in the water the whole time. This day, it was pretty cool out with a bit of a breeze, about 68degrees out. Summer here is not so hot until about August.

The kids call our beach the "Chauntel" beach because it's the beach that I always opt for. It's about a 2 minute drive from the house. If we all had bikes, we would ride. But since walking would be on a road with no shoulder or sidewalks, we drive. Plus, we take a lot of crap to the beach, who wants to carry it all further than we absolutely have to??

The beach is actually named Haskell's or Bacara, since the high falutin' Bacara Resort went in.

That's it right up there on the hill overlooking my beach. It's where the likes of George Clooney & Gwyneth Paltrow frequent. JLo & Ben were supposed to get married here at one point. It's a hot spot, really, can't you tell?

If I swing my camera the other way you will see how the resort has bribed the city to make the beach their own. An actual snack bar/bathroom/shower building. You can see the roof in the picture. We have to park in the Bacara parking and walk quite a ways instead of pulling up right on the other side of that building & parking within a stone's throw of the water. Whatever, it's still the closest & least occupied beach around here.

It's too rocky, tarry and seaweedy for most folks, but that is what makes it just right for us!

Kindergarten was quite the year for Trevor. He found out that there are really kids his age out there that don't know anything about Godzilla or Thomas the Tank Engine! Imagine that! So by the time the end of the year rolled around there were many thank you's bestowed upon Trevor for introducing Godzilla to the play repetoir.

Kindergarten ends with a flourish; gifts, memory books & dvd's compiled by class moms and of course a commencement ceremony.

Trevor is on the far right in yellow.

Trevor gettin' down to an Alphabet song, not one I had ever heard before!

Trevor waiting for his final dismissal from his Teacher Amy. (or you could call her Miss Welbourn, I was just informed)

One last hurrah on the playground!

Good bye K, here we come 1!

I have been told that I suck at keeping this blog up. Yup, you are right, I do. But since I have hopeful thinking that some people might drop by & actually read and/or comment I think I will start posting more family stuff. Starting with some camping pictures from our Sequoia trip.

You can see Sadie & Trevor playing in the small swimming hole right down the hill from our campsite. Luckily there was only one other family with kids swimming that we had to contend with.
There were a couple floating logs that the kids played chicken on. That water is snow melt runoff & it was freakin' freezing! Do kids care if it's cold? Not until they get out & complain.

George watching the kids (and secretly hoping for another sighting of the 2 year old bear that meanders around camp by day)

We did make a few hikes during our stay. The first hike we just followed the creek.

Sadie & Tyler patiently awaited the rest of us before we all took off.

Photos of the hike courtesy of Tracy, by the way.

We had a fantastic time, it was a well needed camping trip, real pine trees and the mountains!