A Sunday afternoon

When the kids woke up from naps after church today, we wanted to do something where we could enjoy the nice weather as a family and still stay cool, so we decided to go walk around the pier in San Clemente. Well, after driving around for ten-minutes trying to find parking (evidently we weren't the only ones to have this grand idea) we decided to make a detour to Dana Point Harbor.



We often forget about this beautiful place in Dana Point and had such a nice few hours walking around with the kids. They enjoyed the "pirate ship" that's parked there at the marina and got to watch some kids on deck yell "Heave Ho" as they were raising the flag. Spencer was in heaven as he aspires to be a pirate someday.



We love the ages of our kids where everything is so fun and exciting to them. We had interesting conversations about why waves are so big (Spencer says it's Heavenly Father "mixing things up"), if sharks can jump the rock getty wall and get us on the other side (Uh, no), and what part of the ocean is the deep end and which part is the shallow end. Leda swears she saw an octopus eat a shark---what a crack up. We didn't by the way, but we did see a dog on a surfboard. Very cool.




I know someday I'll look back at these pictures and forget how little they once were. For now I don't want to think about that. I think for now, I'll just enjoy this last picture of them walking along this beautiful path with their Daddy on a warm Sunday afternoon.