Malibu Beach!!

August was a CRAZY month (to say the least!) I taught 3 art/craft camps the first couple weeks, so I was really busy. Even though we had a family vacation just the month before, we needed to get away as a family and spend some relaxing time together. The Wride's invited us to Malibu Beach with them, they get a camp site every year- so we joined them for a night and stayed the next day. We had a blast and I came home refreshed and relaxed.

Here are the boys in front of our big family tent. It fits 2 (blow up) queen mattresses, so for the first time, we could be comfortable while sleeping next to the kids!

The next day we walked down to the beach to lay out, relax and take a little hike! We ended up getting over a cliff to a private portion of the beach! Then the waves came crashing and we had to hurry back!

The cliff was taller than us, so it took both of us to get the kids over and back.

Still on the private chunk of beach-- then the tide came up!

The main part of the beach is where they filmed the movie Grease! It was so cool and beautiful!

Mostly we played in the sand- dug a gigantic hole,

put the kids in it:

I got to sit and watch them play!!!

Of course I can only sit for so long until Jeff tells me to get up and play (or sit in a hole!)

Luckily he let me get out before he filled it with sand!!

My little poopsies!! :)

Seriously, we had so much fun! We really needed this relaxing weekend to ourselves. I am enjoying camping more and more with the boys being older and us getting the new tent that allows for a more comfortable night's sleep!