Clearwater Beach, Florida

We spent most of our time in Florida hanging out by the pool in the backyard of the house we rented, but I really wanted to spend a day at the beach. After researching where to go, I read that the most amazing beach is Clearwater...

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Fun Times in California

We drove down to California last summer when Chris was gone at a paintball tournament. I love this rest stop in the middle of the California desert. It has fun huge rocks to climb, lots of room to run around and great picnic...

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Crystal Cove Beach California

  Chris went on a business trip to California in August, so I went and stayed with my sister Sharon. We went to the beach one day which was so nice because the kids had been asking to go to the beach since we got home from...

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Hawaii Last Day Paradise Cove

  Our last two days in Hawaii there was a storm watch for tropical storm Flossie. We decided to stay close to the condo in case the storm hit during the day. I took the kids down to Paradise Cove so we could have one last...

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Waimea Bay

  We drove by Waimea Bay one day and thought it looked really nice. I went one time when I was younger and in Hawaii with my Girl Scout troop and remembered that the water was really clear. So we packed up the kids one day...

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Paradise Cove Hermit Crab

  The kids and I took a lot of walks in the morning to the Paradise Cove beach. There are little tide pools with crabs and fish sometimes and Elora REALLY wanted Daddy to come see it. So we took a little walk and Elora...

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Ko Olina Lagoon Sand Castle

  We bought the kids sunglasses – Elora kept saying the sun was hurting her eyes – and I didn’t really think Marion would wear hers, but she was so excited that they matched her swimsuit that she wore them...

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Paradise Cove Turtle

  The beach right in front of the condo has sea turtles that come to it. We headed down to the beach for a walk one morning and there were sea turtles hanging out in the cove, coming really close to shore. I was so sad that...

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Ko Olina Lagoon Morning

  One morning while Chris was working I took the kids to the lagoon. By myself. It was interesting. James loves playing in the sand and was happy with his shovel most of the time. I didn’t bother with his swimsuit...

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