Beach House

 We spent a week of pure bliss in an awesome beach house in Huntington Beach. All of the Melvilles were there at some point during the week. We had a huge house that we all slept in and walked out to the beach multiple times a day.

 The kids were absolutely in heaven to be at the beach and with cousins.

 One of the highlights is getting to spend more time with this cute new cousin. Eli loves babies!

 I was so excited when I heard we could go whale watching out of nearby Newport Beach and that they have been seeing lots of blue whales (like 26 two days before our tour and 15 the day before!).

 Cutest girl on the boat.

 Well, we saw some cool dolphins but no whales! It was a bummer (especially since Dave and Tyler saw two the day before while deep sea fishing) but oh well!

 Somehow our souvenir we came home with was a Bear flag.

 Loved these tiles at Newport Beach.

 We ate at a great Mexican place in Newport Beach that had the best fish tacos. Jace and I were in heaven and he has been craving them ever since!

 Sophie was a natural California beach baby.

 Eli loved the waves as well. He was an expert sand digger and crab catcher.

 Girl cousins.

 Embarrassing of me, but had to document the boogie boarding.

 Jace and Gauge were inseparable.

 Ryan took surf lessons and got up a few times, so fun!

 I swear Jace is cold blooded and gets so cold when he swims. So he liked to take breaks in the sand to sun himself.

 This kid was so good at boogie boarding. He totally got the timing of the waves and loved it.

 Lots of family time!

 Cute cousin with their sea shell bags that my mom made. They loved collecting shells.

What a wonderful week. The boys cried and cried when we left because they wanted to stay and live in California.