Birthday cake, beaches and more trip fun...

I am pretty certain that both Savvy and Wyatt think that turning five is the most fun thing EVER :) I would agree...at least this year!

Uncle Kevin and Steve really made Savanna's birthday special. They got her a FABULOUS cake with a light up Cinderella...Savanna was in heaven :) Add that to the spiffy new Cinderella jammies they got her...she was a happy 5 yr old!!
Banners and everything!!
Think she'll hate this picture when she is older? :) 
Fun at MISSION BEACH - highly recommend this beach. It is SUPER fun, and totally family friendly.
This is who we really are :)

We rented bikes...the place ended up being about a MILE from where we parked...
opps...so we left Papa Sam with the kids at the beach playing and the other 3 adults trekked off to find the bike place. BTW, if you are ever at Mission Beach, highly recommend Cheap Rentals.com Great prices, great bikes, so easy. So the picture above of Charles and I is us trying to figure out how to ride (uphill mind you) with Dad's bike between us. Lesson in futility and hilarity :)  We ended up just letting him ride with it alongside and it worked just fine :)
We got a trail-a-bike for Savvy - super cool. She got to peddle and everything!
Ate lunch at the t
he Wave Runner - super super cool. They have a wave machine, so we got to watch lots of people surf, various levels of skill, etc. I decided when Charles takes me to Hawaii or the Bahamas next i am going to learn to surf. Conquering fears, you know! :)

This picture is funny for reasons you can't see. Dad and Charles are on the tandem bike - we were working out the returns of the bikes since our truck was a mile away. It was funny to see 2 big men on a tandem :) he he They did just fine!
She laid in the sand during lunch :)
He actually SWAM. The water was 61 degrees...and he said that other than his fingers and toes being a bit numb, it wasn't bad. ?!?!?!?
Wy wanted NO part of the cold water. He is his mother's son :)

The "small" ice cream, the size of Savvy's head :)
ROLLER COASTER!! We loved it!
How Huddy enjoyed the beach when not in the bike seat :)

"Please take me home."



We had a great trip. These kids are so much fun and we are so glad we get to make such great memories with them!!

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