So we went to Imperial Beach in early June as we usually try to every year. Stayed in a great condo on the beach, visited Lego land and enjoyed a very quiet tim on the beach.
Tag: Beach
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Beach Trip 2013
We love hitting the beach each summer. We drove to Imperial Beach CA (South of San Diego) for some fun in the sun and playing around the cooler weather at some of our favorite spots.
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San Diego Botanic Gardens
When we went to Imperial Beach this summer I decided to look at our memberships to see what we could do for free or low cost while on vacation. If you have a Desert Botanical Gardens membership you can vist the San Diego Botanic Gardens for free. If you have small children or just love enjoying nature I highly recommend these botanic gardens. They had two different kids gardens. One was more appropriate for toddlers and the other was fun for kids of all ages (even Matt.) There was a miniature railroad to view, dirt to dig, a treehouse to climb, a music garden, and lots of green (yea I live in the desert so I get excited about green.)
I love seeing other flowers! 
Color! 
Us! 
Tic Tac Toe 
So green! 
Me and the boys in the bamboo forest 
Dinosaurs to ride 
Running through the bamboo 
Rock xylophone 
Awesome treehouse 
Dinosaur fun 
Look mom, Dinosaurs! 
Turtle! 
So pretty 
Blocks 
The music garden was lots of fun 
Art time 
Water play 
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Imperial Beach 2012
We spent a whole week at Imperial Beach this August and it was wonderful. Not to say we didn’t have our bad moments, a whole week of some serious time together isn’t easy, but it was fun and relaxing! We took tons of photos so I think I’ll do several posts. We mostly chilled at the beach and played on the playground downstairs from our apartment. We did use our botanical garden membership to get free reciprocal admission into two other gardens in the San Diego area (if you have memberships to places check out reciprocal admissions before you go on vacation, great way to have cheap fun!) I made freezer meals before we left and took my crockpot on vacation with us, sorry no vacation for her! We could play all day and come home to a nice home cooked meal. 🙂
There is nothing like enjoying the sunset on the beach, while watching your boys dance, wrestle, and run around like crazy. No toys necessary!
Ezra dancing 
Ring around the rosie (probably one of my favorite photos ever) 
Tackled! 
Ezra riding Noah 
Ezra break-dancing 
Smily Noah -
Imperial Beach August 2012
Running from the waves 
Pretty much my favorite spot 
Busy Noah 
Crabby fun 
Daddy and the boys busy building 
Driving 
Our idea of boogie boarding 
Yay we are in the water this time! 
Fascinating fountain, if you can’t tell by my face, we watched it for a long time. 
Drawing in the sand, a new favorite activity 
Noah and his sun 
Ezra and Squeaky the mouse. 
Checking stuff out 
Love this picture of them 
The only way they would take pictures with daddy, as puppies! 
Flashlight beach walke! 
Holding hands 
Fire truck! 
These fire fighters were super awesome!
