We celebrated Camille's graduation this year by renting a condo in San Clemente, California for a week. It was perfect! The beach was beautiful and only a 5 min walk away from our condo. We loved having a relaxing week with no commitments. We slept in everyday and read books in the morning. The kids watched the Disney channel and ate sugar cereal. After lunch we got sun blocked up and headed down to the beach for the afternoon. I finally learned to boogie board and loved it! All the kids braved the waves which is pretty impressive because they were a little rough that week. We took lots of seaside walks, enjoyed the pier and ate and ate... Scot and I had lots of mini "dates" to the grocery store and one real date to the restaurant on the pier. The fish and chips were sooo good!
Can you tell we're from Utah?
Ryan loved digging in the sand.
George the 3rd
Bethany loved jumping in the waves if she had a hand to hold.
We took a good portion of the beach home with us in our pockets, shoes, bags and hair!
We visited Crystal Cove State Park to see all the tide pools. We loved climbing on all the rocks at low tide. We found starfish, crabs, some little fish, anenomes, and lots of beautiful shells.
Scott loves the big waves!
What a cutie!
Carter hunting for sand crabs, they didn't have a chance!
Our other bathing beauty!
Our condo backed up to a beautiful little beach canyon. We got to enjoy the birds and trees whenever we were home. We loved our home away from home!
Scott and I enjoyed visiting Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was established in 1776 and still has a functioning chapel. We loved learning the history and touring the beautiful gardens.
Ruins of the " Great Stone Church" which was leveled in an Earthquake in 1812 killing forty people.
The Serra Chapel. I loved the peaceful feeling in the chapel. I was reminded that God loves all his children. The restoration and upkeep of the mission is obviously a labor of love for the Catholic community here.
The flower gardens are a modern addition. Originally the mission had orchards and food gardens.