Santa Cruz

While my parents were here, they were kind enough to send Ryan and I off onto a little weekend get-away!  We decided to head over to Santa Cruz and check it out. Our first night we tried out a little diner that boasted "Guy Ate Here."  We decided it had to be pretty good......and it was!

We spent most of our time at the Santa Cruz boardwalk.  It's basically like a fair on the beach.  All the time.  It was fun to check it out and not have to worry about any runaway children......

We found this cool sea turtle.  I had no part in making it but I wanted a picture anyway.

Here's the pier!  If you look close enough you can see the boardwalk behind us and all the fair-like activities.

We decided to try our hand at miniature golf.  I'm pretty sure the last time I played was when I lived in Utah.  Feels like forever ago.  And I did pretty bad too.  Oh well.

And one of the last things we managed to do was ride the Big Dipper.  I guess it's pretty famous. It's a big roller coaster on the Boardwalk.  I screamed my head off.  It just makes it more fun!
Thanks mom and dad for the opportunity to escape for a couple of days! We had a great time!

Beach Day

We managed to take some time off from unpacking boxes to hit the beach before school starts back up.  We went with some families from our new ward here in Tracy.  The beach had a pretty cool breeze which felt like a little slice of heaven after suffering through the summer heat in Tracy.  Plus, unpacking is hot work!

This is Lynn.  She's a painter and apparently a lot cooler than the rest of the moms.....and now my children are saving their money for an art kit.  Good luck!