Our Second Home

The Five of Us Loving Life

So we have found a place that we love to go to as a family to unwind and enjoy the Pacific.  We have been to 'our' Carlsbad condo so many times over the past 2 years that it feels like home.  There is nothing like sitting on the beach listening to the ocean waves and watching the dolphins play as our children laugh together while playing in the sand! Ahhhhh.....did you hear that? They LAUGH TOGETHER! No fighting in this world we call 'paradise'!

What makes this destination even better is that my sister Kate lives about a mile away! So we are able to enjoy her company while living our dream.

The sound of the ocean is one of my favorites!  I could sit and listen to the waves crash all day.  Although Matt enjoys the sounds too - he tends to try to keep up with the kids while 'riding the waves'.

Matt concentrating on his 'landing'! 

Relaxing is the highlight of this trip for the adults.   No agenda, no running from activity to activity, no morning routine, just fly by the seat of your pants and love every minute of what you are doing.  Coffee in the morning with the windows open feeling the cool breeze, a run on the beach, a trip to the Pizza Port for a 'real' pizza and a locally brewed beer or just a walk around town to enjoy the shops!

Grant Digging himself a tunnel

The kids?  Constant play!  Board games, card games, digging on the beach, boogie boarding, catching 'sand crabs', building castles, and the list could go on and on!  'Our condo' is a place where everyone is happy to be at all times!
                                                                                                                                                                    

Still digging.......

Finding some 'yucky' treasures

Trey on a mission

Having a ball.....

So, this is where you will find us anytime we can get a day off of school.  We love our 'short' 5 -6 hour drive to the beach.  Even the drive is interesting.....on this trip we had all 3 kids with their ipods in singing different songs at the same time, while Matt and I were listening to the radio!   Matt and I just looked at each other and smiled - what a memory in the making!  

Rhyan lounging on the beach...


  

Here's to our next trip to Carlsbad!