Balboa Beach...

Wednesday morning we all got up early and after a quick breakfast we headed out the door with Daddy to take him to school so we could have the car for the morning. We dropped him off by 8:30 and were on our way to Balboa Beach. It was only a 20 minute drive that time of the morning as traffic wasn't all that bad. Of course I stuck to the back roads and off the highways, i can't get used to the no blinker when changing lanes at 70- 80 miles an hour. What happens if we both are thinking about the middle lane and he's just not signaling??? If you're local and reading this your probably laughing at me. Mr. Tech just applies the "when in Rome" theory and cuts in and out like a pro, so I leave the highway driving to him if at all possible.
The beach was all fogged in this particular morning but that was great since Mom forgot the sunscreen. They have a great play ground right there on the beach plus bathrooms all in close proximity, very cool.

We hung out at the play ground for a brief amount of time...


Leroy vegging in the stroller...

"hey, it was an early morning guys!"


A quick swing woke him up and then they were ready to go out and find some sand.

The view of the Pier from the edge of the surf, very picturesque. There were some great waves crashing that some wake boarders (I think) were attempting to catch. Their boards were just a thin piece of wood not surf boards, and the rides were very short lived. Run out there, one quick u turn on the face of a wave and your fun is over till the next one. It looked like a lot of effort for not a lot of fun but that must be just me there were at least 4 guys doing it.

Phi with one of our "shovels" :0)

Some kind ladies took our picture for us.

Phi with cup of sand in hand...

In search of any unsuspecting birdies who might like some.

I'm not sure if the idea was to feed it to them or dump it on them but he chased them around with it every time one came near.

This was Leroy's first reaction of delight at being in the sand at last...

Then he started doing these little tough guy "uunh"s

Phi in "the mountains" since we just came from Alaska, just kidding. Actually this was our best attempt at sand sculpture as the sand is too course and won't pack or shape in general.

It was a very relaxing morning and by 11:00 we left to pick up Daddy from class and find some lunch. Daddy dropped us off at the hotel this time and took the car back with him. After a good bath and naps it was time for dinner which we were trying to have early as this is prayer and reading night down here. Daddy grabbed some Costco rotisserie chicken to go with our rice and corn and with that deliciousness in our tummies we headed off with an hour to spare before meeting started. The traffic was bumper to bumper which I think is pretty typical so we inched our way there. We followed our directions and got to the place with plenty of time to spare. The only difficulty being when we reached the YMCA where the directions led it was quite busy and no one seemed to know of anything like that going on. We didn't have our list of gatherings but thankfully A. Sus was home and looked up Mr. Ruga's cell number for us. He told us they had just moved...like a year ago.. to another building and gave us great directions from memory since they were actually out of town at the time. Soo, lesson learned, those little updates we get every so often are good for something. We proceeded to the correct place and found those of like precious faith gathered, and though few in number, as some were missing, very much enjoyed our time with them. Afterwards we enjoyed seeing the remodeling they are working on, the kitchen and one bathroom as so far have not had a kitchen at all, though still making due and enjoying fellowship Sundays together. The city required them to upgrade the bathroom so they're working on both together. It was fun to see the progress and also enjoy some snacks Bro. J. Hamilton brought for everyone. The trip home was uneventful, and so ended our Wednesday.