Our family is still not ready to face family vacations without the older girls. BYU doesn't get spring break. And the kids didn't know if they would be able to miss class for Spring Break when we were planning it out.
So we decided to go close so they could meet up with us if they wanted.
Monet ran at the West Coast Relays in Fresno so Jared and I went down early to watch her run. We stayed overnight at the Venetian in Vegas. Jared found a huge room for a great price and it was pretty cute to see how excited he was about this enormous room. We didn't hardly leave the room! Just slept. We got room service and we went out to a nice dinner as well.
Monet did so well at the West Coast Relays! She got a 17:21 5K! So awesome. I am super proud of her. She was so happy.
Newport was beautiful! We couldn't have asked for better weather. We had a couple cool days. One was on Sunday and we watched conference. And then the next it was nice to go to Nana and Papas where it was a little warmer and we could lay out by the pool. And then we watched the NCAA finals with some of Jareds brothers and cousins. We have such awesome family. Love seeing everyone. We also got to go to Cora's track meet and see the cousins! So fun!
Then we had just incredible weather for the rest of the trip! A few of Miles's friends showed up. Apparently their plan was to sleep on the beach or wherever. But I'm pretty sure that Miles's plan was for them to show up and sleep at our place. So that is exactly where they ended up. They are great boys though and honestly was so fun to see them all. Miles and his three friends went to Venice Beach and played basketball there and then to a Clipper game that night. I thought that was pretty fun!
Jared used to like to play basketball at the 38th street beach park and would always meet some pretty good players there. This time our place was just a couple blocks away and we all went over and played for a little while one morning.
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| Soren was not amused and really wanted to go to the beach instead |
We rented a Duffy boat one day and cruised around the harbor. The kids loved feeding the seagulls Ritz and pretty soon they swarmed our boat! It was funny they loved it. The seagulls would snatch the crackers from their hands.
A few days later one of Simone's friends invited us to come on a boat ride in the ocean. It was so peaceful and beautiful! All my favorite days are on the water.
