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Pismo Beach, CA : 08.17.10 AM

I wish we had foggy weather more often. It was a dream shooting in this mist.  Totally a different story for my hair though. It was a nice relaxing morning. After grabbing some breakfast we headed to the beach again. The guys enjoyed frisbee, the little ones loved the sand, and the others searched for sea shells and crabs.

Heading down….

On our way we saw this beautiful poodle. It was fluffy, big and so sweet!

Gabe and Oliver enjoying each others company.

Nice form!
Love

Awesome caves I wish I could have brought back home.

BOYS

My Oliver

Can you spot the crab?!

Ga ga and Cai ๐Ÿ™‚

On our way back, we spotted this. Chris had done it for Morgan to surprise her. T’was cute!

Pismo Beach, CA : 08.17.10 AM

I wish we had foggy weather more often. It was a dream shooting in this mist.  Totally a different story for my hair though. It was a nice relaxing morning. After grabbing some breakfast we headed to the beach again. The guys enjoyed frisbee, the little ones loved the sand, and the others searched for sea shells and crabs.

Heading down….

On our way we saw this beautiful poodle. It was fluffy, big and so sweet!

Gabe and Oliver enjoying each others company.

Nice form!
Love

Awesome caves I wish I could have brought back home.

BOYS

My Oliver

Can you spot the crab?!

Ga ga and Cai ๐Ÿ™‚

On our way back, we spotted this. Chris had done it for Morgan to surprise her. T’was cute!

Four Wheeling, CA : 08.16.10

With Liam arriving less than a month away I have been crazy busy cleaning, organizing, editing, sewing, attending appointments, eating cereal and playing with Oliver. And I try to spend a good  portion of my time with Oliver so usually I get a few hours in the evening/night to get my photo editing and sewing Liams bedding done. Hence, the lack of posts on the blog. But I really need to get caught up on the blog because once Liam arrives I am sure that is what I will be posting about mainly. We are so excited and I can’t wait to see how Oliver reacts to his baby brother. I know they will be the best of friends and I am so excited to have two little boys soon. ๐Ÿ™‚

Back to California…..

The day after we arrived we headed to the sand dunes! Of course I didn’t ride at all but Brett sure had a blast! So much so that he rolled his and broke the orange flag, having to pay a $10 fee. I knew he would do something like that. It was mainly the guys that went out and rode but my mom and sis, Lauren, went for a ride and loved it. If I wasn’t in the state I am I totally would’ve loved to go with the girls. But we mainly played in the soft sand. Oliver had a blast getting all the sand in his toes, he also tried to get carried away to the sea, and go explore in other people’s camp areas. But luckily for me, my mom took him for a little walk towards the end and brought him back completely zonked out. It was really cute.

After our fun at the dunes, we went to our hotel and got ready for dinner. We went to McClintock’s and it was probably my favorite place we ate at. Their food was soooo good and they would poor your water from way above your cup which was really cool to see.

Oliver on our way to the dunes.
Cai looking hard core on the four wheeler.

Trying to figure out how to make it work ๐Ÿ™‚

Morg and Lauren searching the beach for sand dollars.
Oliver loved having his foot buried and then swinging it out of the pile.

Cairi looooooved the sand!!!
She really liked to destroy the towers Chris and James built. See the face on James, he is so distraught. LOL.

A pooped Cai ready to take a nap.

Now at McClintock’s. Oliver really liked this buffalo.

James just waiting patiently to be seated. ๐Ÿ™‚ My brother is such a cutie.

The cute swenson fam.

My beautiful family deciding what to eat. YES, I pretty much never put my camera down.

Notice the giant lollipop Cai is holding, and the colorful markings on her face. ๐Ÿ™‚
Gaby Baby!

The grounds outside of the restaurant. So pretty.
Yep, we had a little explosion. Luckily, we were about to head back to the hotel.
They even had these little horsies for the kids to ride on!
My beautiful lil sis.

SO fun!

Happy 3 years to US!

We’ve got three years under our belt, almost two kids down, and we are still enjoying each day together.

Yesterday we celebrated. We dropped Oliver off at Grandma’s, headed to the movie theatre to see Inception and out to eat at Boston’s. We also went to Toy’s R Us because I wanted to get something for Oliver. Though it was our anniversary, being as far along as I am and uncomfortable, I didn’t feel like doing much. Just having a fun relaxing day with my one and only was perfect for me.

Love you Brett!

Here are just some fave’s of our special day.

Pismo Beach, CA : 08.15.10 continued.

After walking around by the pier and getting ice cream with the family, we headed back to our hotel to get ready to hit up the beach!  It wasn’t a very far walk but there were some major stairs to help you get your daily workout in.  My family searched the beach for sand dollars, the kids played with their beach toys and in the water and I enjoyed capturing it behind the lens. I wish we had a pretty beach around here to play at and get awesome photos. It was so beautiful.

Oliver & Brett playing in the hotel room.
Uncle Chris, Cousin Gabe, Oliver & Brett.
Cairi is such big girl. She wanted to carry her beach toys all by herself.
I don’t know what was worse, going down the stairs or up.
Love him.

Brett is a pretty good model for when I need to get my settings.
A little family portrait, thanks to my mom.
Chillaxin’
Now… some Amazing light!

Such a cute beach babe!
Oliver absolutely loved the water. He would have gone all the way in if we let him.

I’m pretty sure Bret’s back was soar after this beach trip.

Lauren taking over the kids toys.

The Maguire girls! Plus 2 babies.

Ma & Pa.

To explain my opened jaw expression, I was pointing out the cute dogs that were playing on the beach. There were so many! Oliver really missed his Ozzy on this trip.

This was one of the cutest things ever. I asked Oliver for a kiss and he gave me such a cute smooch!

On our way back to the hotel.

SOOOOOOO excited are we!