{spring break 2012}

We counted down the days for two weeks and it felt like it would never get here but it finally did!!

SPRING BREAK!!!

We spent the weekend in San Diego and had a great time. The beach was a bit chilly but the beach is the beach, no matter what the temperature. I have to say though I wore my hoodie the whole time, never done that before.....but I still got a slight sunburn on my face.

The boys weren't fazed by the temperature at all and had a great time.

E is getting better at skim boarding each time we go.

Also the waves came up and trapped E's leg in the hole they were digging...it was a very deep hole and his leg was 3/4 of the way covered up. It took a good 15 minutes for them to dig him back out.

We also stopped to see the San Diego Temple on our way into town along with a stop in La Jolla to see the seals. In all our trips down there we had never been to either one before so that was fun. We spent a good hour just watching the seals...they were so close up and really fun to watch!

Monday we took the boys to the Fleet Science Museum in Balboa Park. It was really neat....like a children's museum with only science stuff. They even had a "tinkering lab" where you could build things and make your own stuff. K loved the brain teaser stuff and E loved the Geometric climbing thing.

Getting out of town for the 3 days is really good for all four of us even though it is so short. But we look forward to it every year!

{the Chain}

The last day of spring break always involves the making of "the Chain."

It is E's way of counting down the days to the last day of school. Each year he decides if we just count school days or all the days. This year we went with all the days and since Spring Break was so close to the end of the year it wasn't too long.

{2nd Annual Walker Spring Break Beach Trip}

Isn't that a long title?

But that is what I call it every time we talk about going to the beach over spring break. Next year of course will be the 3rd Annual...and i think we can just keep going even when we have no boys at home for Spring Break...everyone needs a spring break right?

So we headed to Coronado again for 3 nights and two days. It started off cold and cloudy but turned into a beautiful day.

We love the beach!!

Then we spent the second day touring the Midway, a retired aircraft carrier. It was very interesting and fun to wander the whole carrier and learn about life on board.

So now we have decided the Annual Walker Spring Break Beach Trip will always include another fun activity the second day.

{Beach Break}

I think we have started a new "rule"/tradition in our house. Spring break will always have to come with a Beach Break at the beginning.

Last week was our Spring Break....10 days with no school committments and no one telling us what time we had to be anywhere. I made sure to not committ to anything for anyone else except for the four of us! It was great!

We started the week with a much needed trip to Coronado California....right on the beach. I found a cheap hotel for us and we drove down on Sunday and came home Monday night realllllly late.

We spent an hour on the beach walking around on sunday night after the sunset. The boys and I were in heaven....the smell of the salt water, the waves crashing, the sand in between our toes. It was great. We picked out where we should go the next day and went to the hotel to bed.

The next morning we were at the beach by 930 and having a great time. It was about 80 degrees out with a wonderful cool breeze. We were able to see two battleships in the water, a naval hospital ship come in and lots of other military planes. That was happiness for C as he doesn't have the fondness for the beach like the other 3 of us do. We left the bach aroung 5 for our trip home and we were all tired and happy!

The tide ended up going out....really far and the tide pools were uncovered so E, K and I went and found hermit crabs, crabs, sponges, seaweed, muscles and all kinds of stuff.

K is our collector so he came home with a few shells of course. He was also the brave one to get into the cold water and boogie board. E really wanted to but the water was very cold!!

I think we'll be back again this summer. 3 of us love the beach and the one who doesn't, well he loves us enough to take us there again and again!