Okay, so I'm really not good at keeping up with this blog! On my last post I had mentioned our camping trip to Pismo Beach. We went with Mike's parents and my sister-in-law and her family. We had so much fun. It was the first time we all camped at the beach. Every summer we usually go to the mountains to a place called Hume Lake. I love it there, but I am more of a beach kinda girl, so I had a blast!! Pismo Beach is so beautiful. Mike's parents have a nice camper and his sister (Jenny) and her husband Trent have a really big camper as well so between the two we all have a bed. The kids love being with their cousins Conner and Emma and of course they love every chance they get to be with their Grandma and Grandpa! The beach is such a special place to me, not just because I absolutely love the ocean, but it is one of the few places that we can just let Preston run and be a kid. We don't have to worry about food or what he's touching or what he's breathing or panicking that at any moment his throat will swell shut (I think most people reading this know about Preston's food allergies). At the beach he's just Preston, and he is doing what everyone else on the beach is doing, digging, running, collecting sea shells. I know Preston struggles with feeling left out a lot because he can't do a lot of things that other kids his age get to do, but not at the beach! He's doing exactly what all the other kids are doing, and he loves it. I could see it on his face when we were there, a look of freedom of sorts. A look of relief that, even if just for a few hours, we don't have to worry about food allergies. That is why I absolutely love the beach! My heart fills with joy watching my little boy just be a little boy. He loved to run up and down the shore collecting shells. Ella helped him get quite a collection going! Mike helped Preston and Ella dig a huge hole which of course the kids thought was so cool! We had so much fun. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us stay in your camper!
Mike, Trent and his dad, Chuck
The whole gang
Grandma and Ella
Mommy and Ella
I just love this picture! I love my husband and my baby girl!
The cousins collecting shells. Pismo has such great shells and sand dollars!
Our Precious Preston! Look at the joy on his face!! I love it!
Conner and Preston
This is my favorite picture! The kids were just running and twirling and laughing...it was so precious to watch (that's Preston, Ella and Emma)
Ella loved the water!
The kids would lay in the sand and wait for the water to get them
Daddy and our three..
The girls
What a mess!
Daddy digging their hole...so precious!
My beach baby!
2 comments:
Cute Picts. I am soooo glad that Preston had a great time and could have no worries!
We are back from San Luis so we should hang out sometime soon. Your picts. make me want to go to the beach :)
Mike/Maria - Your picts really captured our experience at Pismo - it is obvious that everyone, especially Preston and Ella really had a fun time. Glad we were able to help. We are looking forward to more trips to Pismo as well as to the mountains. Thanks for sharing your comments and pictures with us.
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