This past weekend our little family went on a mini vacation. We went down to San Onofre State Beach and camped for a night. The first day we got up and took our time getting down to our camp site. We parked our car, got the cooler and things for the beach, and took the trek down to the sand. Most of the beach had rocks, but we found a little area that had some sand and it was just enough for us to sit and relax, and for Jack to play. It was pretty cloudy the whole day, but it was warm enough to enjoy the day. We had to pack up a little earlier than we had planned because high tide was coming in. But we hiked back up to our campsite and set up for the evening. Our campsite wasn't as close to the beach as I had originally thought, but we still had a beautiful view of the ocean. After we got our tent and a couple of other things set up, we took Jack for a walk down past some of the other campsites. He was so worn out from playing on the beach that he fell asleep in the stroller. We got back to our site, started a fire, and got everything ready for dinner... good ole hot dogs and chips. And of course for dessert we had smores. Jack got a little cranky near the end of the evening, but after a little bit of relaxing by the fire, he fell asleep. Once the fire went out and we got Jack in his sleeping bag, Kyle and I played a few rounds of Phase 10 in our tent and then it was lights out.
The next morning we got up, had some muffins for breakfast while sitting and watching the waves, and then packed up the car. We took a little drive down the coast, and then came back up into town to see the movie Brave. It was Jack's first movie theater experience and he did pretty good. He wanted to leave a couple of times, but then he got back into the movie and his popcorn and M&M's and was fine. After the movie we went and got lunch and headed home.
We were all so tired that we took a nap as soon as we got in the door.
The weekend was really fun. It was quiet, relaxing, and I loved spending the time with my family. We didn't really travel that far, but it was nice to get away from the normal everyday stuff for a little bit. Hopefully we can make this a regular thing (except next time we will get an air mattress to sleep on!).
