Sunday, April 24, 2011

A Little Piece of Heaven on Earth

So Sea World...it was fun.  However, trips like that are a LOT of work.  I was thinking about it today.  We work to plan...clean, pack...I had the oil changed on the car.  I cleaned it out...packed it and then we spend hours in the car to drive there.  Then we get up really early and we take our kids ALL day to walk around, wait in lines and to see the sights etc.  Then we have tired cranky kids to put to sleep and to try to get some sleep ourselves to do it all over again.   So by Friday morning MOM (which is me) is exhausted.  I hardly slept the night before and didn't appreciate hearing Weston snore and 2 other kids in our room.  We head to Sea World again and I like it...don't get me wrong.  But for some reason when we stepped on the BEACH ...finally MY VACATION STARTED.Maybe it is because Jake plays most of the time with the kids.  Maybe water is good for the soul.  Maybe it is just the sand between my toes...the view. 
Whatever it is...I find myself laughing, relaxing and just feeling at peace.  Even Spencer seems to get in the action.  He slept over 4 hours between the two days we were "beaching it."


Aubrey loved the sand.  She even tried hard to not have any "meltdowns" this year when she was cold.



Weston can use all the energy he wants and it isn't annoying...misplaced or misunderstood. 
Thank you San Diego and Thankyou La Jolla and Mission Bay beaches...for making our vacation perfect!

1 comment:

Kresta said...

I totally agree with you. Nothing beats the beach, it is my favorite place on earth! I am jealous that you are closer to it than I am. Looking so forward to seeing you in about a week!! Love ya!