A Day at the Beach

Welcome to my 100th post!  I can't believe that I have posted that many things over the last 5 months!  It has been so much fun and so challenging at the same time.  Thank you so much to all of you who kept me going during those times when it was so frustrating (all you style bloggers out there can probably relate...or maybe it is just me :)  Thank you so much for reading and commenting and being a lot of the reason I do this every day.  I have loved all of you who I feel like I have become "blog friends" with over these past months!!!

Some of you know that I recently went to California for the weekend to visit my little sister and her husband.  Can I tell you how much fun I had.  It was a lot of fun packed into a few days.

 The first night I was there we headed to the Santa Monica Pier.  Funny thing is that I was just watching "The Net" and that is the same pier on the movie...feeling cool.  It really was awesome!!  We saw some definite hilarious stuff going on that night.

Then we proceeded to go shopping.  There is just something awesome about shopping with your sisters.  We had a great time, and my BIL is the champ of the year for sticking it out with us.  What a good sport, seriously.

 The next day we went to a couple of beaches.  I definitely could get used to life close to a beach!

 The weather was pretty cool, so this maxi and cardi were the perfect outfit.

 I love the ease and comfort of a maxi dress, but also how cute and fun they are.   They are one of my favorite pieces for summer.

 The beach was so pretty.  It was fun to get away by myself, but I found myself thinking about how much my kids and Josh would love everything we saw.  We found some tide pools full of star fish, fish, anemones, crab etc and I couldn't help but think of how the boys would think it was so cool.  I am definitely bringing them back some time soon!

 Michelle and Tyler hadn't ever tasted Sprinkles cupcakes before, so we found one and indulges.  I am a bit of a fanatic over them.  I could eat about 4 in one sitting, so it is very good Utah doesn't have one.  This baby was a strawberry, which is my favorite and tasted pretty amazing despite the fact I mashed it...

 Later that night we headed to a different beach to see the sites and catch the most beautiful sunset.  It was SUCH a lovely weekend.

 Dress: Love Culture | Hat: Forever 21 (similar) | Cardi: Jcrew | Jewelry: Jcrew and F21 (recent) | Sunnies: Steve Madden via Dillards

In other news, in honor of Pioneer Day (Utah holiday) we headed to the lake today with some good friends to do a little boating. We haven't been for a very long time and we all had so much fun!

Watching Josh wake board was so awesome.  The guy has some mad skills and I was thinking he was pretty hot as he demonstrated them.

 The boys were in heaven and even when it was time to go they wanted more. 

 This gal (who will probably be ticked at me for posting a picture of her in her bathing suit), is one of my photographers and pretty much one of the coolest girls that I know.  We love her and her family.

 Palmer is on the "Trainer Skis".  It helps kids get ready for real water skiing.  My boys felt like rock stars that they could do this and came back to the boat walking on air.

 I think the tube was the favorite thing of the day.  Josh and I had the wildest ride on it and loved every second of it.  We hope to go again soon!

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