California Day 1

 The first day we got to California we headed to the beach in Santa Monica.  The boys had never been to the beach before or seen the ocean (unless you count the Puget Sound in Seattle...but I am not counting it).  We went on a cool day, but it was warm enough that they boys were ready to strip down and dive in.  We told the boys they could "wade" in the water. 

 The boys had so much fun.  It was so cold, but it didn't seem to make much difference to the boys and they went crazy playing in the water.

 They rolled their pants up higher and higher and finally they just dived in pants and all.  I tried to prevent it at first, but I finally gave up a losing battle.

 The boys ended up soaked, with huge smiles on their faces.

 Poor McKay fell in the water a few times, but didn't seem to mind one bit.

 Later that night we headed to dinner to see a Pirate Dinner Adventure.  The boys thought that it was pretty great.

 The boys were asked if they would participate in the show and all of them said no except Hunter.  He got to be a soldier.  I was impressed that he was brave enough to go up in front of everyone.  

 It was quite the show!

 At the end the boys wanted a picture with the pirate hero and princess.  We loved the pirate adventure!