Thursday, August 4, 2011

Life's a Beach!

We enjoyed a nice trip to Coronado Island (San Diego) a few weeks ago. Jim's sister Therese rents a house there for part of the summer, and she invited us to stay with her. It was perfect weather. We all had a great time! Hannah was very good in the car on the way there and back (as opposed to last year when she hurled twice on the way there...glad there was no repeat of that!)

Being on vacation is so exhausting that on the second day there, Hannah decided she needed a 10 a.m. cat nap. It only lasted about 15 minutes though...
The cat nap gave her just that little bit of extra rest she needed to survive all day at the beach! She was a trooper even without her normal nap time!

We told her to smile, but she is scrunching her nose--she does that a lot when she thinks she is smiling. Looks a little goofy and could be some great blackmail pics someday...
Daddy dug this GREAT hole! It was loads of fun to jump in it and then climb out--over and over again.
Trying to bury mommy in the big hole.
I wish the pics had turned out more clear...maybe a little sand on the lens? (notice that Dora is standing in the sand behind Hannah to the right. In case you're wondering, Dora loved the beach too!)
Running around the big hole!
Skipping around the big hole...
Jumping in the big hole...
Sitting in the big hole...this is the best day ever!
By the 3rd day at the beach, Hannah figured out her limits. She came up to me and said, "Mommy I'm tired. I wanna lay down."

And she did...slept for about an hour and a half!
Hannah loved riding on the big boat (Coronado Ferry on our way to Seaport Village)

We love Seaport Village! Hannah thought the big lobster was pretty neat too!
Hannah slept like a baby (pardon the pun). Jim decided to go in and arrange her dolls around her and take a picture (no, she wasn't just automatically sleeping like that!)
Yeah for park!
We took a walk around the Hotel Del Coronado...( and maybe I even sort of pretended that we were staying there...)

We couldn't head back to sunny AZ without first taking a pic next to the blue M & M!!! Hannah wanted to bring him home!
Oh...home sweet home. We really missed you Taylor! We had a great time in Coronado, and loved the place Therese rented. But, it's always good coming home too!