I'm behind so this post may be a bit long. I guess if you are keeping up with us and our happenings though you must be interested! So, yesterday we drove up to one of my favorite places, Jalama Beach in Lompoc, CA. Back in the day, before Mom-hood and such things, we used to come down to Jalama to go surfing. Usually it was part of a whole trek southward from San Francisco that involved a handful of stops, sleeping in the car (or tent) and a lot of In-N-Out burgers. Anyway, Jalama is amazing and you should go if you have the chance. It's far enough out that the beach can be pretty empty. The drive to it is great as well and it is an excellent campsite with great hamburgers (not as good as In-N-Out mind you), hot showers and wide sweeping vistas. When you drive in you come out over the hill to this-

The water is cold but the cliffs and the views make up for it tenfold. Sayer spent the first part of the day building his "Rock Land".

I collected my own sand and rocks to take home. I have a collection at home of sand or rocks from the various places that I travel to. Speaking of which, anyone in Cape Cod? I forgot my baggie of sand there. Steven hates this little habit of mine as he is usually the one lugging home the suitcases that hold my bags of rocks.

Other than photographing your kids and mine, my next favorite thing to shoot is random stuff that I find. I like to walk around and look for little vignettes, lost objects and still lifes that exist all on their own without my interference. Like this:

I love the colors in California. The blue and yellow combination especially.

To say Jalama is wide is really an understatement. When you're out there you get this feeling like you could walk for miles and never reach the end. Here is the view to my right:

and to my left:

Finn and Daddy played in the water. Finn won't let you put him down but he gets a big kick out of you holding him and running back and forth into the water. He stopped to give his Dad some sugar.

So, that catches us up to today! This evening we went out to the beach for a sunset picnic! I packed up some PB&J's for the kids and something better for us!

Sayer fed most of his sandwich to the birds who then followed him around for the rest of the evening. If you look above him in this picture you'll see part of the circle of birds that were around him waiting and watching.

This seems so S. California to me...

Some fun with Mommy-

We had fun playing with our shadows-

Sayer, taking it all in-

the sunset-

OH! and on the way out to the car, I saw another vehicle for next year's trip. This one comes complete with a serenade! Now you're excited right Danny? By the way, experts are everywhere as you may know, this guy told me that I probably needed a flash.

Finally we headed home, feet hanging out the window and all.

Finally, no really this time, this post is coming to an end. Goodnight from paradise!