BubbaTubbs: The Beach

Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Beach - 2012

We finally hit the beach this summer. It was just for one day, but it was a woooooonderful day! It was a day I had been looking forward to (and talking about) all week.
I love the beaches in Orange County so much more than LA county. I'm glad we drove the extra 30 minutes to try out a new beach instead of the usual stand by in Santa Monica. We were aiming for Coronado Del Mar, but ended up 2 miles south at the state park between Newport and Laguna. It was a great spot.
We left the house bright and early so we could hopefully avoid traffic, but get a good spot on the beach. We got to Newport Beach around 10:30am and stopped at a Starbuck's to use the Wi-Fi. I wanted to download my magazines on the Nook. It also worked out great because I had two SB gift cards, which meant we all got a creme frappuccino before soaking in the sun.

We ended up at Crystal Cove State beach and it was really easy to get all of our gear from the car to the beach, since the parking lot was on the other side of the PCH. We brought a pop-up tent and an ice chest, so we could hang out all day. It was very relaxing and the weather was PREFECT.

I took the bottom picture today at the beach and the picture on top was from Florida in 2010. Two years really flies by.

We left the beach around 5:30 and stopped by Sprinkles cupcakes in Newport Beach. I bought two cupcakes and we all took bites. Wiggy of course passed out in the car 2 seconds in the 5 minute drive, so she didn't get any.

We drove up to Costa Mesa to Cafe Rio. Mmmmmm.

Wiggy just woke up and I had to capture the facial expressions she was giving her dad as he snuck a piece of her cheese quesadilla.

Chicken salad. So good.

We left Cafe Rio by 8 and started to head back up the 405. We stopped in at Sprinkles Ice Cream at 9pm. We have never been before, so I really wanted to try it.

Waiting patiently on their order.

I ordered the vanilla cupcake sandwich with salted caramel ice cream in the middle. All of the kids got the red velvet waffle cone with one scoop of ice cream. Bubba tried salted caramel, Tubbs got red velvet, and Wiggy got the vanilla.

A nice treat for the last leg of our trip. Luke just took a bite from each of ours.

What a great way to spend a day. I could do this EVERY day!! :)

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