Newport!

We had such a fun time in Newport Beach with my family! Paige and Ben flew from NY to Arizona and drove over from Phoenix with my parents and Steven while we flew from Orange County, Florida to Orange County Airport - Cali! It was a looong day of traveling, especially since our flight left at 6:45 am (aka 3:45 am Pacific Time). So we landed before noon and felt like it was time to go to bed already! But it was great seeing my family again and quickly had fun exploring our hotel in Newport Beach.

We spent our days at the beach, we actually went down to Laguna most days, just reliving our time at our favorite beach house, Sherman by the Sea. I hadn't been to the Pacific Ocean since we'd moved to Florida so it was so good to be back to what I grew up with as "the beach." I love the smell of the Pacific Beaches and had forgotten about that while living out here. Another awesome thing, Jackson did so good at the beach! My mom brought tons of beach toys and he loved playing, exploring, digging and stacking everything! He finally has gotten used to walking in the sand and even wandered down to the water a few times, not minding how freezing it was! So one thing about living in Florida, it makes you so spoiled with warm ocean water. It was way too cold for me to get in, but lets be honest, I didn't get in much before anyways!



We also had tons of fun at the hotel playing shuffle board, ping pong, swimming, exercising, walking around the grounds and taking at least 5 cookies a day from the front desk...good times..

We spent our nights at Fashion Island, Balboa Island, playing tennis, playing games, watching movies, and even managed to get our Cafe Rio fix in (even waiting in a 45 minute line to get our food - who knew Taco Tuesday was such a hit!?)