This year everyone in the Hammond family (except Joyce and Calder, who were very missed!!) made their way to Carlsbad, California for some camping on the beach.
Todd and I drove half way and camped, or rather found-a-dirt-road-and-slept-there- in Mesquite. It was 11 p.m. but 100 degrees! We were worried about tarantulas, spiders, and scorpions crawling all over us but it was too hot to sleep in a tent. It was SO HOT. Did I mention how hot it was? (Let's remember that I am pregnant too lol.) We made a deal that if we were still awake baking in the heat two hours later, we were going to cough up the $38 and stay in an air-conditioned hotel room. But who wants to pay 38 bucks to stay in a hotel for seven hours??
We must have dozed off, cuz we made it through the night.
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| Sunrise over Mesquite |
We made it to Carlsbad and spent a few hours swimming before meeting up with the family and setting up camp. Then we swam for the rest of the day with everyone- it was soooo fun.
These are no Hawaiian beaches; the water is pretty frigid and takes a long time to get used to. The water is also completely irresistible and we couldn't help but swim endlessly while we had the chance.
The next day we swam all day, got pizza, took family photos, swam some more, and had a big delicious dinner of coconut curry.
The following day was sadly our last at the beach. We swam and played a bit more before splitting up. Most of the family went to Disney Land, but Todd and I went to our version of Disney Land: Yosemite National Park. More on Yosemite to come.
I took a ton of pictures, here are some of my favorites from the trip.
Hula Babes :)
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I'm trying to give a surfing lesson.
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Brynlee loved the beach so much she would stay in the water till her lips were purple.
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The customary "let's bury someone in sand!" ritual
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Todd killed it with the waves. I was so jealous...
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Todd and some of the family enjoying the waves
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This has to be the cutest picture from the whole trip. Can you see all the sand? :)
                Mark tried his hand at Surfing:  Todd teaching Blake to Surf        The family minus Joyce and Calder      |
See her purple lips?
3 comments:
These are excellent photos, thank you Brittany!
Love it all. I'm directing people to your blog from mine. =)
Wow! What a fun thing to see the Hammond family all grown up! Love this fam. And to see all their kids. Fun. congrats to you for the baby. So happy for you! !
Lori bagley Burt
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