A day at the ocean

Things have been so crazy lately Ben came home the other day and said, "Let's go do something this weekend, let's get away." So we did. We have never done that. It was a beautiful Saturday. Ben has been great about taking the girls so I can get my run in. (As my training gets closer to the race, the runs get longer...so I am running for 3 and 4 hours at a time...plus I'm not much good for the rest of the day.) I ran down by the water. It was sunny and gorgeous. We ran along side a submarine that was coming into the shipyard. That was cool. A ferry also came by. It looked so close. The mountains, the water...beautiful. I got done with my 14 miles faster than I had planned and headed home. Ben and the girls were out looking at a potential job. So I took my shower and got some clothes together. They got home and we headed to the ocean!! It's only and hour and a half away, but we hardly ever go. We are going to change that. We needed no stress. So Ben asked where we were going and I said, oh, guess we should decide!

The girls were so excited. They loved the waves chasing them.We were collecting sand dollars and Ben opened one up to show them the doves inside. Reese liked that.

The waves got a little big a few times.

Rowyn put sand in her pocket to bring some home (as though there wouldn't be enough in everything else.)

Reese had to get some rolling in.

Definitely have to go more often.