San Diego, the last part...

 

We spent the morning of our last day in Cali at the beach.  The waves were way bigger than usual thanks to that horrible tsunami in Japan the day we left for our trip. We went to Mission Beach since it was close, and it was deserted, so it was pretty nice.

 Brenner wasn't so sure of the sand, he wanted to go see the water.

 Noni didn't think she'd get in the water so she left her suit at the hotel. Little did she know that she'd end up completely in the water many times! The grand kids loved it tho. Brenner would say "Ready?" and she's take him in the water a bit.

 The water was so cold, but that didn't stop them from filling their buckets and playing in the sand.

 The waves were very unpredictable. The kids worked on things pretty fr from where it was coming in, and every few waves one was big enough it took out their creation.

 Bren wasn't sure he liked how cold the water was, but he wanted to be in the arms of whomever was nearest the water.

 Our family on the beach- seriously, look at the waves behind us.

 Pops and Noni and their grandkids. Such good sports on the whole trip with the littles.

 One of the bigger waves getting Cindi, and Berk trying to run out of it. It was so cold!!!

 My Beach Boys!

After about an hour we headed to the hotel, gave the kids baths and loaded the car we were off. Brenner was such a trooper the whole trip. Aside from the car rides. He cried the ENTIRE way home. No amount of Elmo or snacks was helping. He finally dozed off for about 20 minutes an hour from home, but resumed his crying as soon as he woke up. The big boys were champs, they surrendered the Suburban's tv to Brenner and watched movies on a portable dvd player or played DS. I was so happy to be home, after 5 days I was so ready for my bed! Thanks Cali, you were great, Berk wants to know when we can come back...