Bash at the Beach

4th of July was spent at Oceanside beach. Johnny's family came from Arizona and Utah for our annual family reunion. We were in charge this year. Johnny spent a lot of time playing football with his brothers. Daniel and Jaxon were only in their swim suites for about 10 minutes. After that the novelty wore off and they were cold. Playing in the sand with their cousins was sufficient after that.

Jaxon can not function without a nap and asked me if he could go to sleep. I out a blanket over him and he stayed there for over two hours! I even went out boogie boarding and caught some awesome waves with my sister-in-laws and nieces. Jaxon was still asleep when I came back.

My super cool nieces are both 10. When Johnny and I met they were both just babies. They are so much fun to hang out with. Emmalee and Jamayka were in the water ALL DAY LONG!

Sun block would have been helpful! They didn't believe their parents when they were told it was a necessity. Let's just say they learned the hard way.

Wesley loves to face plant in the sand. He only screams when we pry the gritty globs out of his mouth. We kept him bundled all day and he took a nice nap on the blanket next to Jaxon.

I finally got a good picture of his ears. I just love the way the light shines through them. It is adorable.

Sunday was low key at the camp ground. We all ate way too much, had a nice testimony meeting together, and saw a few illegal firework shows from all around us. We found out a little too late that Oceanside had cancelled their fireworks show due to budget cuts.

Overall it was an awesome trip and we had a great time with the Hulse family. We found out Tuesday that we were really lucky. A few guys at Johnny's work were called to work a 24 hour shift over the weekend but his foreman knew he was going to a reunion and called someone else. We were so glad he didn't have to leave in the middle of the trip! If they had called he would not have been given the option of turning it down.