Fun in the Sun!

Well, I finally quit my job so that I could go back to school full time. I had a week off before I started my new job so Steven and I planned to take a vacation to California. The week started off at 3:00 Wednesday morning (after going to bed at midnight!) when we got up and got ready to go. And before I go on I just have to throw this in there and I know Steven's going to kill me :o). The night before we left, Steven wanted to make sure the car was all ready to go so he went out to put air in the tires and after two frustrating phone calls from him, I found out that none of the air compressors he was using at the gas station had enough pressure to put air in the tires. Just when I was about to ask if he was doing it right, he automatically said, "Yes! I know I'm doing it right!" So....we didn't worry too much about it but on our way we decided to stop and try once more to put air in the tires. While he was attempting again, he finally looked down and saw the "gun" I guess you could say, that releases the air...Here's a picture of him after I told him I was never going to let him live it down. We went and saw my Uncle Michael at his store and then took off for the beach (about 10 minutes away!) I love the beach so needless to say, I was excited. The weather was perfect and besides the fact that we had to haul our 2 chairs, 2 ice chests and a backpack down 200 stairs, we had fun. We spent all day down at the beach and although we had no boards or anything, we made perfect use of our bodies and had fun body-surfing! Here are some pictures of us on our first day there.

Later that evening, we were able to take Michael and Jesse out to dinner at the wonderful Mexican food restaurant, Avila's. I definitely recommend it if you're down in the Laguna Niguel area.

On Thursday, we got up nice and early and got ready for yet, another day at the beach. We loaded everything up and dragged it down the stairs once again (I forgot to mention how horrible it was taking everything back UP the stairs :o) We got a little bit more sun on Thursday and it definitely showed...we were fried. We put lots of sunscreen on but it just must not have been enough! But we did have lots of fun. One of the highlights was seeing a family of dolphins. Steven actually pointed them out. He videotaped them while I had the camera and I couldn't quite zoom in close enough with the camera but a fin can be seen. They were actually pretty close to the beach.

Here's Steven, buried in the sand and just where I wanted to leave him ;o) Just teasing....kind of.

After a long and exhausting day at the beach, Steven and I went and got some pizza and wings and went down at started to eat dinner on the beach but after some worrying on my part, we moved up to safer grounds (the water was coming up fast and we were going to get stuck, according to me :o) After that, at about 10:00, we started our drive out to Palm Springs. I'll write about that later but as for now, there's still MORE unpacking and MORE laundry (it's a never-ending task I've realized).