cAlifOrNia dAy siX: neWpOrt piEr

We decided to take the morning a little easy. Good thing was the kids got rested, bad thing was our cell phones didn't get reception so we missed Carl telling us that he was waiting for us, and then sadly we missed him.

When we were getting dressed I took off Ellie's shirt and found what looked like a spider bite. Yikes! It was already swollen to the size of a silver dollar so I called our doctor and he told me to watch for streaking and a white head forming. Sure enough when I went back to check it there was a white head. We got some medication in her and drew lines around it to keep track of the swelling. It grew about a 1/2 inch all the way around, and then the meds started to work. This means that Ellie slept most of our last day there. I have only one picture of her and she is asleep.

If you look close on her arm you can see the swelling and pen.

This beach had the best sand and seashells. I wish we had come here sooner. We ate at a little sandwich shop just on the boardwalk. Then we took the kids down to the ocean for one last time. It was a bit cold but this didn't stop any of them. They loved it but were freezing afterwords.

One of my most favorite people in the world

Me and my hubby

Oh see they really do love each other

The Fellas

Mommy and Happy Pants

Dude! It is cold out here. What you wearin'?

Emma and Daddy

Beautiful Beach Babe

"If we have to stay here much longer I am going to throw a really big fit!"
If you look close you can see the bruise on her face she got the first day when she hit the Aroma

The kids had a blast running around this ball. That is why JJ is sick of pictures. One of the shops there is a yummy donut shop. Thanks to Jeron we had a treat while we sat there.

We went down the pier and it was at that point that I stopped feeling bad that Ellie was asleep. Holy cow the rails are so far apart any kids could fall through them and then what? Jeron and I were both stressed out. Emma wouldn't stay off of the rails so we would look over and see her swinging on them, and get sick to our stomachs. She would say "I am fine." I would think I don't think you will be saying that when you fall in the ocean and get eaten by a shark. Once we reached the end of the pier there was a ton of Fishermen and women I suppose. This kept the kids from climbing on the rails because there was fish guts all over. YUCKO!

JJ did his dolphin laugh and a group of dolphins started jumping. So we said "JJ, your dolphin laugh really works." This grumpy old man that probably fishes for a living turned and said "He sounds more like a seal to me." There you have it folks all these years we were wrong. He really sounds like a seal. Makes you wonder why the dolphins came then? Huh! Food for thought!

We also saw a sea lion. One of the men on the pier asked if he was a big one. I said "Well with my knowledge of sea lions I would have to say how the heck do I know." So he then went on to tell us the story. Story is there is a sea lion that hangs around the pier with only one eye. He is a larger sea lion though. So stupid me said "oh how did that happen?" He said "I don't know probably got in a fight with a shark." DUH! I don't know if that is the sea lion we saw, but he was cute as can be. I think he liked us because he kept coming back to say hello. The kids loved it. I wish we could have taken them on a boat ride to see more but so much to do, so little time.

After the pier we headed back to the hotel and the guys finally had there turn at fun. They all headed off to a Dodger game. The only proof we have of this evening is the tickets and JJ's popcorn helmet. Both Jeron and Graydon forgot the camera.
They said that they had a fun time.

The ladies stayed at the hotel and went swimming. Don't kill me Jana but look at the sun burn on those feet. Poor girl walked around Disneyland for three days with those feet. I was cropping the picture and couldn't crop them out. That burn is crazy!


Then we went to dinner at Ruby's Diner. You have to hit Ruby's diner if you have the chance. JK! I loved it though, the waiter asked us where we were from. We all said UTAH and some of the customers by us yelled "GO UTES!" This actually happened a lot in Disneyland because Emma would wear her Utes sweatshirt at night. The football team put our school on the map! Ok, back to the va-ca. After the diner we headed back to the hotel and watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3. Actually the ladies watched while Jana and I packed. :( Yes I said packed. It is over!