A Trip to Half Moon Bay!

Our schedules were pretty full this summer with all sorts of things, so when a free weekend came up we wanted to take advantage of it!  We decided to take the kids down to Half Moon Bay for a little "getaway"!  Kai and I have never been down there together so we saved staying at the Ritz for another time without kids and stayed at The Beach House.

 Derek couldn't wait to get to the beach; it was unusually warm there!

And visited Pigeon Point Lighthouse!  It is closed to the public now, but I remember going there as a grade schooler on an overnight field trip!

We also went to Moss Beach and investigated the tide pools.  Derek found some big starfish, little crabs (that he loved holding on his hand) and a ton of sea anemone.

We of course had to try to take a picture of these two together!  Could have been worse!  Do you see that red mark above Ella's right eye?  She was stung by a yellow jacket earlier in the day.  We were leaving a restaurant and a few started to kind of swarm her in my arms.  I freaked out because I saw one crawling in to her jacket and didn't even see the one on her head!  Poor thing- she SCREAMED!  Fortunately, a firefighter was walking by and checked her out (since this was her first sting).  After a lot of loving, she calmed down and seems to have no reaction.

And by the way, Ella STILL eats sand- she hasn't learned her lesson yet!

And a totally rare picture with ME in it!!!