Even though we knew December would be chaotic, we decided a couple months ago that we would utilize Dave's work break to travel. It was partly to celebrate Christmas, partly to spend time together without any sort of to-do list, and partly to reward the girls for their help with the Cheyenne house over the past year. In our search for travel destinations, we searched for some cheap flights and I pushed some warm destinations, but the girls wanted to see great-grandpa's beach house in California. It was not super warm, but that didn't stop anyone from jumping waves or even boogie-boarding in 60 degree temps.
Since the beach was only half a block from the house, we spent a ton of time playing in the sand, freezing in the water, walking to the pier (with the goal of hitting the donut shop or getting ice cream), and I got to ride bikes down the boardwalk every day, even that one pouring day. We took a couple excursions to Balboa Island, Lego Land (next post), Christmas Boat Parade, and did some shopping. The girls got to go shopping with grandma as their Christmas present and I would guess that was their favorite part!
The Torlands also decided to join us and it was great to cook meals together, play some Cribbage games with Milan, watch Indie and Garrett wrestle it out in the living room, and the kids spent hours doing crafts in the house. Their routine was often beach, drag sand through house, shower, craft, spread paper through house, fight, repeat. Honestly, they had a great time and we had the perfect break from real life!
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