California

Sunday night we decided that we should take a little trip since the girls didn't have school Monday or Tuesday and Dan is now on a new schedule. We got online and booked us a room in Redondo Beach and Monday morning we took off.
This is actually the first vacation trip that we have taken with just our family and with us not going to visit family.

We got down there in the afternoon and checked into our room. We then went to Target because we forgot a few things. By the time we got back we didn't have time to do much and so we took a walk down the the beach and then to eat at Joe's Crab Shack. The girls had their first taste of crab legs and fell in love with it.

After dinner we went back to the hotel and attempted to go swimming, but it was an outdoor pool, it wasn't the warmest night, and Ty fell down and so we just said that we would go later. We went to our room and watched some TV and went to bed.

We got ready and headed out to go to the beach. It was a lot of fun and the girls said that they want to go to the beach all the time.

After some time at the beach we drove on down to Long Beach and went to the aquarium. I really enjoyed it and the crazies had a blast. Can you believe that Jo Jo and Annie even touched some sharks? It took a lot of coaxing, but they did it. And Jo Jo touched some Jellyfish. What brave kids I have!

When we were done with the aquarium, we walked around outside.

After a day of fun, we got in the car for the drive home. Of course we hit traffic and so it took us a lot longer to get home, but we made it!
It was a very short, but very fun getaway.
A much needed getaway.