A day at the beach

The next day we headed to Santa Monica Pier and beach. It was so nice to be on the beach.  The fresh ocean air, warm sun and gorgeous views were amazing.  The kids and I could have spent all day there.  

My sister in law and myself

The kids all love their Aunt D

Uncle A and F (Best buds)

I thought this was such a cool picture with all of the colors.

Little Miss Poser

All ready to hit the beach

Wheee!!!!!!!  Jumping the waves

Splash!!

J rode the waves almost all afternoon.  They all had so much fun in the water.

F and A making a sand castle

Pretty close to heaven!!

Later on that evening we went and visited R's cousin at his house.  The kids loved seeing cousin D and he hooked them up with all sorts of really neat clothes. ( He's a clothes designer)  Here is A and D in their matching shirts.

Snuggles with Uncle A

The view from his apartment

So I wanted to get a picture of them but D kept telling them that REAL models don't look at the camera directly so these are the shots I got.  (Let's all look at the floor)

Wait lets look the other way

 OK, now we'll all look up

Ahh, finally they look at me but not without posing first.  I guess that's why we're not models, I like a picture where they're all looking at me with a smile. :}

Group picture