Ahhh....the beach!

One of our favorite places to go as a family is the beach. There is nothing quite as calming as the sound of the ocean and the refreshing breeze blowing mist in your face, sand in places you didn't know existed and the sun warming every inch of your body while your children squeal with delight warming every crevice of your heart.

When we used to live in San Luis Obispo we would steal away on a nice rainy day to go stand outside in the rain to order fish and chips with clam chowder in a bread bowl at our favorite restaurant in Morro Bay...Giovanni's. Then we would run to shelter between my favorite boutique shop and a sweets shop to scarf down our ocean treasures...mmmmmm.

They have made a few improvements to the place since the last time we were hear, but the eating is still all outdoors...I'm glad somethings still stay the same.
At the other end of the Embarcadero is a great park that we used to walk around, never stopping to visit since we didn't have any kids back then. Now that we have we used them as a great excuse to climb the play structures.

Up the cost a few miles is a great beach of kids. The water is shallow and the the beach is long with outcroppings of tide pools. I had come here last year to scrapbook for the weekend and always intended to bring the family for at least a day trip but time got away from me. I believe Joshua never stopped running the whole time we were there.

There is no explanation for these pictures, just that they are great portraits of pure contentment and joy.