What do you do on those hotter than summer October days? Pull out the pool of course and try your best to cool down. It seems to be fairly consistent - a heat wave in October. When my girls weren't in school full time, I would take advantage of those hot days and drive to the beach (with zero traffic), laughing at all the poor souls who had a school schedule to keep. Well, now I am one of those poor souls. I'm grateful we have such a fun neighborhood at least!

This was a fun day! The girls had so much fun playing with their friends and we explored the rocky tide pools and found a ton of crabs and anemones. Holly was thrilled about the wild touch pools. Visits to the aquarium has given her a lot of experience and confidence. It was a wonderful day!

Just a fun afternoon with a friend...

Last week was a really busy one! The girls and I went to San Francisco, Wastsonville and south of Santa Cruz. Conor and I went to Oakland too.

We met some friends for Denver at Sunset Beach for the afternoon. It's always so good to see friends again! I'm lucky that I get to see Julie and her children about once every year or so. The kids got along really well and they had fun together. I enjoyed catching up with Julie and meeting her son. We had a great time!

Obviously, if we're going to camp at a State Beach, we're going to play on the beach lots. We spent some time there Friday night and then a big chunk of time there on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I just love the beach! And having all those kids together - they just played and played and didn't want to stop. It was a really great trip!