Gualala, CA

Our first week of our vacation was spent in Gualala, California where all of my family met at a beach house.
The first morning there we went to the beach right after breakfast to see ocean creatures while it was low tide.
The first thing we found was this huge starfish!

 

 

 

We wrote B+M in a heart because Mackenna LOVES her cousin Benson.  The whole week we were making fun of them, that Benson was her boyfriend. She loves babies in general!

 

 Lydia, Bridget & Hudson

 Bridget wrote her name in sand

 And Dad's name!

Pretty much every afternoon was spent at the beach

Bridget LOVED the beach this year! Last year she didn't like the cold water, and didn't like getting dirty with the sand. This trip she had sand in every inch of her body!

Mary Anne, Lydia and Bridget buried in the sand!

Benson surfing!

 

 Josh helping dig the huge hole!

 Josh & Logan started building a "boat" out of driftwood and seaweed.

 I started to get legitimately worried when I saw how far out he was getting, but thankfully the waves were getting pretty big and they started pushing him back to shore!

The next day they made the boat even stronger and the waves weren't as big, this time Logan joined him. They got all the way out, past where the waves form. Maggie and I were yelling at them to come back, and they jumped ship to swim back to us! Crazy boys!

 

While the other cousins are content walking on the sand, Bridget starts climbing the first rocks she sees! She is our little rock climber!

We had a great time seeing my side of the family, Bridget and Mackenna had a blast with their cousins!