A Beach Day

Grandma and Grandpa are here visiting from New Jersey this week.  It is Grandma's Spring Break from school, but we had ours a few weeks back, so we have all of our regular activities.  We've had fun showing them what a week in the lives of Luke and Mia look like.

Today we decided to take them to another one of our favorite places:  the beach at Capitola.

It was a gorgeous day - we dug in the sand, flew kites, and ate ice cream!

Jonathan & Stephanie Visit

We had some very, very special visitors for the last weekend of summer vacation - cousins Jonathan and Stephanie came all the way from New Jersey to hang out with us.

Many might remember Jonathan as our housemate shortly after Michael and I moved to California from Brooklyn.  He came to study at the Culinary Institute in SF, and stayed here with us ... in what is now Luke's room (which Luke finds sort of funny and sort of strange - he wasn't sure quite what to make of that piece of information) for about a year.

This was Jonathan's first visit back, and Stephanie's first visit since Luke's 1st birthday party.  We loved having them - they were the easiest house guests and completely adjusted to our schedule, which is not always easy with two young kids.

They spent a ton of time playing games with Luke and playing with Mia in the backyard, but the highlight of their visit might have been our day in Santa Cruz.

We ate lunch in Capitola, and then played on the beach for a few hours.  The kids loved the sand.

 

Next we spent the evening at the Boardwalk.  The kids rode several rides, and then joined me for their first trip on a Ferris Wheel - they both LOVED it!

 

Thank you to Jonathan and Stephanie for making the long trip out to visit us.  We loved having you!