101 Sunset

Sunset seen while driving down the 101.
 

Well it was a nice sunset until my phone took a picture of it. But it was a nice mother-son picture anyhow...

 

Sunset bike ride on the beach

A couple nights before Christmas we went for a evening ride along the beach to watch the sunset.

 

Beach

We had plenty of opportunity to relax and walk on the beach during our short weekend trip.

Beaches

Some more pictures while Elisabeth was here visiting with Mema and Papa.

Evening Beach Walks

It's staying light longer again! This affords time to get down to the beach after naptime in time to have some fun and then watch the sunset over the Pacific. The tides have even been cooperating a bit lately with low tide coming later in the afternoon so that we can check out the tidepools a bit and see some fun sea life. Elisabeth had a lot of fun on her visit here at the beach and seemed to really like checking out the tide pools as well.

 
 
 

Dune Jumping

Another day at Carp beach jumping off of the sand dunes.

Hammonds Beach

We recently purchased the book Santa Barbara Fun and have been exploring different places out of the book. Hammonds beach is a nice beach that is nearby and we hadn't been to it so we decided to head up on Sunday afternoon.

Sandyland Beach

We realize that our blog has become a little boring lately as all we ever have on it are beach pictures, but really it's the main thing that we do. Just about any day will find us heading out to a new beach we haven't been to in order to dig holes in the sand, throw rock in the waves, chase some birds, and watch the sunset. It will be a long time before we tire of going, especially when it brings so much joy to us to watch Braedyn thoroughly enjoying himeself in what we've dubbed as his favorite playground.

 
 
 
 

Camping

Last weekend Braedyn and Daddy decided to make a try at camping! We'd been talking it up for weeks and even had a little paper chain to count down the days to our camping trip. On the day of the trip we packed up the car and headed 2 miles down the road to the Carpinteria State Beach Park and Campground. We had reserved a nice spot right on the beach and got our tent setup pretty quickly. We went and played on the beach for awhile before getting our fire going and cooking up some hotdogs and marshmallows. After sitting around the fire for awhile we decided to get in the tent and get ready for bed and read some books. We got all ready and started into reading, but the darkness and all the new sounds were a little frightening for a two year old even with daddy close by. After many attempts to console him we decided to give mom a call. She drove back over to the campground and we ended up deciding to pack it in for the night for the comfort and safety of home. This made Breadyn feel a lot better and he went to sleep right away once we got home. He still remembers the trip as a fun time with a big fire and tasty hot dogs. We'll give it another try again soon.

 
 
 
 

Tidepools and Sunsets

We spent enough time at the tidepools to watch the sunset on this evening. One blessing of the fires that have been going on around here is that the sunsets get a lot more colorful! We are saddened for those that have lost there homes nearby but hold fast to our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful [Heb. 10:23].

 
 
 
 

home before dark...

Getting ready to head home from the beach at sunset.

Beach

Although it seems like we only have pictures of the beach lately we really do other things... But our Thursday night tradition has been to head to the Farmers market and beach after work. We have lots of fun there with just our small little family and we usually have the beach mostly to ourselves!

 
 
 
 

Sunset

We got spoiled by the sunsets along the front range of Colorado, and always missed seeing their beauty in the Seattle area since the overcast skies typically block them out. But this week in Carp, we were reminded again of the awesome painting the skies depict each evening. We're looking forward to a lot more of these gorgeous pictures in the future!