Beach day in November!

Gotta love California. We were blessed with a nice 82 degrees at the beach last weekend. So we piled in the truck and had to make it a beach day! We met up with Seth and Emily and enjoyed a few hours at Laguna Beach!

I did not plan for water play, so did not have the kids in swim clothes. It was cute watching Nate's shorts falling down the entire time while he was playing in the water.


Sam is usually water timid, not today! You could not get him out of the water!

And of course, Faith our little social butterfly started making buddies with other little girls on the beach. She even blessed this little girl with a toy she found in the water.

Jake the Spartan Racer

Here is my crazy muscle machine of a husband. :)

Jacob discovered an event called the Spartan Race. A 3 mile run that includes obsticales...like jumping over fire, crawling under barbed wire, running through freezing water trenches, climbing walls covered in mud and soapy water, you get my drift.

He did this race with his brother Seth. They had a great time, raving about it for days. And they came home very very muddy...you do not want to know the condition of his laundry after this event. I have not seen so much mud in clothing!

Here is a pic of Jake's legs once he completed the race.

And of course you can not do a race like that without getting some sort of cuts and bruises. Jake's legs took a bit of a beating.

But he loved it so much, and had so much fun training for it, that he entered the next race in January...this one is 8 miles long....crazy! But he loves it!

Thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had an amazing family day to celebrate all we are thankful for.

The day began with a super fun family hike. Our kids LOVE hiking! And it is such a great family activity.


Sam led the way for most of the hike.


When we got home, we made "Thankful Turkey's" On each of the feathers, the kids listed something they were thankful for. Nate's number one item was Seaworld...the kid is obsessed with Shamu at the moment. :)


Then I hit the kitchen.
We ate this...it was very yummy. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and took a moment to remember all the blessings in your lives. :)