Our Week in Spring Break

Sometimes, we talk about Ian looking into some other kind of work. Let's face it, standing in front of high schoolers all day while they tell you that your lesson is boring and they're not taking the test that day can start to wear on a person. But then we have weeks like this, and we begin to think teaching is the best career ever.

I mean, how many people recently had 10 days off (including weekends) and spent 5 of those days at the beach, one of them at the Aquarium, one of them gardening, one of them at Disneyland and the rest just kicking it around the house or celebrating Easter with family? Not a lot, that's how many. Anyway, here's our week at the beach in photos.

Ruthie, rocking her halter top swimsuit, and "brushing" her hair after I put it into two ponytail sprouts.

We had such a fun day on the sand. Because it wasn't terribly warm the week we were there, we just went to the sand one day. It was SO fun. We've taken Ruthie to the sand before, but not since she's been walking and it made all the difference in the world. She loved the sand and the waves and didn't seem to mind the cold water at all. And she loved the sand toys we took down from the cabin.

My family. My heart.

We also rented a surrey bike, which was super fun. We put Ruthie in the front (it had a child's buckle, don't worry) and she loved it.

And all the people we passed told her she was so cute. Which she also loved.

I think I've mentioned on this blog before that the family is selling the cabins this fall, so I was feeling super nostalgic about our time there. I have seen a photo of my sisters and I playing just like this (or maybe it was a slide? Remember those?) and I wanted to capture one of Ruthie. She's climbing up the stairs to our place, the apartment left empty for family to use.

Of  course, there was lots of reading.

And bath time in the sink! Look how modest she's being. =)

We have one more trip planned before the units go on the market and this time, we'll have two precious babies! I can hardly wait. 

It was a sad Monday for everyone when Daddy went back to work, but we managed and now it is almost the weekend again! Hooray!