California Vacation Day 4: The Beach

Friday, August 7th, was beach day!!  The morning was a little crazy as we wanted to head down there around 10, but David accidentally took the keys to the car that had Kylie's car seat in it.  He didn't realize it at first, so we were looking forever for them.  Kristene finally found some key that was able to unlock the doors and get it out, so we were able to still go and left around 11.  We arrived to Newport Beach a little after 12 and it was perfect.  We found an amazing parking spot and David & Kristene let us borrow this pop-up tent and some beach chairs.  Kylie was a little leery of the waves at first, but warmed up to them pretty quickly.  She also loved the sand, which I wasn't too surprised at considering she would play in the dirt in our front yard any chance she could.  It was so great to watch her have so much fun and I'm glad that she enjoyed her first time to the beach.  Our friends Skylar and Heather took half days off work and met us at the beach.  It was so fun to see them and talk with them.  They were good friends of ours in Provo and it's awesome that they're still good friends now. 

Because of miscommunication, we left later than we should have and got stuck in some heavy traffic.  It took an extra hour to get back and still had to stop and pick up Andrew.  We thought we were so late to David's birthday party and felt bad, but I guess no one they invited showed up so it worked out still.  Everyone, but me, went go-kart racing and they all had a blast.  I know that if I wasn't pregnant, I totally would have gone as well.  Things got a little stressful after the beach, but the night ended well.