Fort Bragg

Robbie and Josh
do you see it?
Mariah and a pretty rock
Brandilyn and Mariah in the tide pools
Papa and Robbie wave watching...

clown face

concentration
Security
Glass Beach

Josh and his friend
Robbie and "MeMe" (aka Big Mariah)
Mariah and 2 Baby Starfish
us shortly after waking up
I caught Mariah smiling!! (she never smiles for pictures anymore...)

After Yosemite we all (our family and Josh's) went up to Fort Bragg. We had an awesome time. The weather was so refreshing, it was actually cold - which we happily welcomed. We all ended up getting sunburns after the first day at the beach because it wasn't even sunny, no one thought to put sunscreen on. Mariah and Robbie were in heaven. I decided I need to move to the beach because it's the all-time best babysitter. Robbie sat mostly (because it was hard for him to walk in the sand) and played with the sand and the toys, watching the waves and everyone play. Mariah ran around looking for crabs and seashells, sang songs for everyone, and who knows what else. They were both perfectly content. The adults played a good game of wiffle ball where unfortunately the boys beat the girls (barely) and we were all about to pass out. Running in the sand is hard!





We also went to Glass Beach. This is where a long time ago they just dumped all the trash into the ocean, including all the glass bottles. Over time, the ocean broke up and softened the edges of all the bottles and it all washed up in one spot. From a distance it looks like rocks, but up close, it's all different colored pieces of glass. It was beautiful. The kids loved playing with it and looking for interesting pieces. (see pictures)





We went playing in the tide pools and found lots of fun stuff. Mariah touched a sea anemone for the first time and then we had to find every sea anenome in a 1 mile radius so she could touch them all. Josh found a crab friend, I found some baby starfish, and everyone else found lots of other fun stuff. We had a great time.





The kids loved spending time with their Papa, Nina, MeMe and Tina... (translation: Josh's parents and two sisters). We don't get to see them as often as we'd like because they're so far away... but we got some quality time in this trip. I'm going to put in another post of just pictures because there's not enough room. All in all, it was a wonderful trip!