The boys and I headed back to California to stay with my dear friend Crystal Beazer and her beautiful 10 month old daughter Jadyn for the week. I was extremely nervous to trek 7 hours back to California by my self with the 2 kids but surprisingly they both did very well in the car for that long drive. Crystal showed us an amazing time and it was well worth the drive.
We went to Newport Beach one of the days. Merrick really loved the beach the week before so I would have felt bad being so close and not letting him go play again. It's a task with 2 kids at the beach without Andrew around but Crystal's husband Brandon took a day off to come and make it possible. Max loves to eat the sand and Merrick loves to play in the sand and chase birds and waves. It was a perfect day!