How we spend our time being unemployed...

Yup, we took off for Newport Beach. Crazy and spontaneous! One of which we are not. You guess which one.

Benn lost his job Sept. 9th. It was a pretty big blow, but we are confident that we will be taken care of, somehow. So with that in mind we headed south. My thinking was, "When do we ever get the chance to take off mid-week when the weather is nice and go to the beach?" And perfect it was. I didn't want to come home, ever. I wanted to keep driving south into Mexico and just live at Benn's parents beach house in Baja. Doesn't everything seem better at the beach?

Carter spent hours in the water with the boogie board. Kamryn had a blast too doing the same thing, but she was in and out. Not Carter, I had to go out and get him to come in for a drink. He was in heaven and so was I! Mason was still recovering from his surgery and bronchitis, but he did have fun. He was more worn out than the rest of us and didn't spend as much time in the water, but he was still in good spirits.

We spent the first afternoon at Newport. I instantly wished we had brought our bikes to ride on the boardwalk... next time! The next morning, we visited the Newport Beach LDS temple. The kids were all to excited to get back to the beach, so we decided to go to Laguna and try another beach. Well... Laguna was not very kid friendly. The waves were too rough and broke right onto the beach. We stayed and had lunch there and then packed up and drove back north to Newport. The fog was coming in at Laguna, anyway. Newport was clear and beautiful. I loved every minute of it and wish we could go back as soon as yesterday!