Lucky #7

For Brynn's birthday we went to Pismo Beach for a couple days and had a blast.  My kids think staying in a hotel is super fabulous so Brynn was perfectly happy to oblige us on her birthday.

Tanner went to work for a portion of the day while I took the kiddos to the beach.

What little boy can resist running through a flock of seagulls?

This poor little poopsy was covered from head to toe in super-fine sand that stuck to everything

Opening presents in the hotel room.
This is her "I-already-know-what-this-is-because-I-looked-through-the-presents" face.

At Chili's for dinner

It was not very hot down in Paso Robles but fortunately the hotel had a heated pool that the kids got a lot of good use out of.

 If you can't tell, it was super bright, even without the over-exposure

Hudson's classic picture face

 Walking to the caves

 Baby sure loved the sand

 Brynn's pool/pony/ice cream party.

I was trying to find a good time to have it with all the stuff we've had going on and it just wasn't going to work until August. Then my daughter made her heartfelt plea about how she wasn't born in August and she's never ever had to wait till August to have a party and . . .

so I threw this together at the last minute. In July . . . because that's when she was born. Not August.

 Trubbbbbbble!!!

 This was supposed to be a topsy-turvy cake. FYI, when they say "use whatever cake you want" they're lying. The super moist cakes completely fall apart when you try to shape them. And DON'T use them as your base piece. 

Someone thought it looked good though and couldn't wait till after dinner :-)

 Brynn's really never had much interest in horses until about a month ago. Now she wants riding lessons and boots and the whole bit. I told her I know a guy who's probably the best teacher and will give her free lessons.

 I like this picture!