Wednesday, October 11, 2006

A Much Needed Vacation

DJ and I headed out to Cali to spend some time at our family retreat, our
Bed & Breakfast in Long Beach, (see the link to Beachrunners Inn on this blog). We spent 10 days enjoying the fun and sun... Unfortunately, Barry had to work so off we flew without him...I must say, DJ was the perfect traveling companion. He made fast friends on the plane, slept, ate and played without incidence on both flights. Here are some highlights from our trip...

My mother did me the greatest favor by renting a running stroller for us so that I wouldn't have to check our super-sized running stroller through the airlines. That allowed me to indulge my desire to try to try to get some running in on the beach some mornings.

We also got some good family time in, Aunt Ruth was in town to join in the celebration for Donovan's 3rd b-day so we all hung out and enjoyed the nice weather and time to be together. As you'll see from the photos below, Donavan and DJ shared plenty of quality time!











I took the "self photo" we stood on the bluffs above long beach, watching the dolphin swim by. It was pretty cool. As the photos show, my mom had
her hands full, quite literally, with both her grandsons!

Below my son shows off one of his favorite new tricks, hanging around with his foot in his hands!


I got adventurous and took both boys on a beach stroll one morning....
Needless to say, a good (and restful) time was had the entire trip!