Fun in the sun

While in California we spent a day at Huntington Beach.

Olivia got busy shoveling sand right away. 

Charlotte ran in the ocean for the first time. 

She ran and ran and got all wet. 

She was feeling happy as a clam!

Olivia was not so excited about the ocean. As soon as she got wet she went running. 

She got right back to shoveling and shoveled for hours. Eventually she got completely fatigued  and threw an impressive fit-there were arms and legs and sand flying all around. It was kind of hilarious. 

Charlotte and I spent a good part of the day hunting for seashells. Right before Olivia's epic fit, we found a n awesome spot where beautiful shells were washing up with every wave-it was too bad we had to leave. But, not before collecting a couple dozen treasures. 

Aren't they pretty! She has since been taking them out of the bucket daily and lining them up in rows and selling them at a "seashell store". 

It was a gorgeous day-it felt so good considering we had snow in Flagstaff just a few weeks ago. 

While taking this photo Charlotte said "why would anyone want a picture of feet?" I'm not sure why I did. But, I think Olivia's little piggies look so cute all covered in sand. 

After our day at the beach, Charlotte asked if next time we can spend one day in Disneyland and two days at the beach. I thought that was a great idea. They loved Disneyland, but there is nothing like a no schedule day just for playing with  Mom and Dad.