California Day 4!

So by day 4, unfortunately, my dad had got pretty sick! We ended up just sleeping in for awhile, and instead of heading over to the Disney parks for a late start, we decided to go to the beach! I was definitely excited about this because I haven't been to a real beach on the ocean since 1998! After looking at a couple different options for beaches, we decided to head over to Newport Beach!

I didn't actually get many pictures of us from the beach trip..a lot of them are pretty far away so you can barely see us, but I'll post a few :)



Here we are playing in the water. You obviously can't see us, but just pretend! The waves were so much fun to play in :) The water was pretty cold at first, so my mom didn't get in at all, but she sure missed out!









So after being in the water for awhile, and swallowing a little bit too much salt water, we got out our towels and relaxed for awhile. I didnt' realize it til now, but if you look under my left eye, my mascara sure is smeared! I bet I looked pretty silly, ha ha. I guess its not a very good idea to wear make up to the beach! I also came to regret laying on my stomach for about 30 minutes...cuz guess what! The sunscreen on my back didnt' seem to work, and I didn't put any on my legs. It's been the source of all my woe since!



Here my dad is in front of the waves! Aren't they so pretty?? My dad was pretty adventerous out in the waves..he got out pretty far, and at one point he started getting pulled out further and further til he couldn't reach the ground. Scary eh? I guess that the lifeguards scolded him and some others that went out too far. It scared my mom when she couldn't see him for awhile! I'm glad he didn't drown. On the contrary, he didnt' seem to be too sick..Michael thinks he faked being sick just so we could go to the beach :-D



So I got a little bit bored..and decided to write things in the sand. Can you tell I"m excited to head out to BYU?!











I'm not really sure why my dad felt the need to pick up that nasty piece of seaweed...but to each his own right? I'm just glad I wasn't near it. yuck!




Just a picture of Michael playing. We all had lots of fun in the water!
















Like I mentioned earlier, my mom didn't want to get in the water! She missed out, but I guess she had a fun time just watching and reading her book!








The waves got really big after awhile, but made it even more fun! Except for when I got pushed under the water and almost drowned! Okay, maybe I didn't almost drown, but I definitely got more water in my nose and mouth than I had really wanted! ha ha



So we stayed at the beach for about 3 hours, and it was awesome. I'm definitely glad that we were able to go. You know, if California wasn't so hot, far from my family, and didn't make my hair all gross, I would definitely consider living her just cuz its so pretty, and I'd love to live near the beach. My heart will always be in Colorado though :) It's definitely a great place to visit!

After going back to the hotel to relax for a bit, we headed over to Downtown Disney District. This is a new place (well new to me), that has tons of restaurants, food, and entertainment. We had a lot of fun wandering around, hearing music, and browsing the shops.



Do you ever have those day where you feel incredibly short? ha ha. Thats how I felt next to this giant Giraffe made entirely out of legos. We went into this lego shop that had tons of legos, and a lot of really cool lego masterpieces! I was really tempted to see how hard it would be to make this giraffe fall apart, but I figured I might get arrested, or at least kicked out of the park, if i did...not exactly how I would like to finish off my vacation! I couldn't believe how expensive some of the lego kits were. Who would spend 1000 dollars on a box of legos? Crazy people...











Before we went to dinner, it was time to go to the World of Disney store to buy some souveneers. This store was so cool! It's so huge and has so much Disney stuff. I think we were in here for 2 hours (partly because we all kept getting seperated ha ha...its a big store, and also because I couldnt' decide what I wanted!).




While my parents were paying for everything, me and michael went outside to wait...even at 9 o clock at night it was pretty hot, but it was cooling down (anything is cooler than 103 degrees..). I'm sure Michael will not like this picture of him, but of the 5 pictures I took of us while sitting outside, this is the only one I liked of me. But hey..its my blog ;-) There were a lot of strange people outside, but it was fun to see it all! It's crazy how busy everything still is at Disney later in the evening.




For dinner, we settled on a Naples Ristorante Pizzeria in downtown disney. Now, maybe its just me, but doesn't the mascot for this place kind of seem to resemble a member of the KKK...? Even if it wasn't intended, I think its a bit weird to have this guy as the mascot for the restaurant!







We didn't realize how huge the pizza would be until the brought it out! It was pretty yummy though! I love my mom's face in this picture (even though I'm sure she will be questioning me why I put this picture up..haha)




So the final picture of today's blog is of me at dinner! Even though its kind of bright, you can see my sunburnt face...Even when I put sunscreen on, its ineveitable that I'll get sunburned. And my sunburns never turn tan. Lucky me!








Another fun day in California...at this point our week was starting to wind down, and I was sad :( Well at least we had two days left!