Carmel-By-The-Sea

 Carmel is such a cool place.  I have fun memories there as a child and not much has changed.  This trip we did not set foot in one cute little shop or charming restaurant.  We stuck with the beach and did a drive through of a few of the adorable residential streets.  Carmel is a really unique little city.

The kids had multiple races down the soft, sandy hill.

Mailee is quite the runner!

Many waves were jumped over.

Mikayla and I took some photos.

Caity loves to dig in the sand and lay in the sand.  She gets thoroughly covered in sand.

Like I'm not exaggerating.

It's everywhere.

My boys at the ocean.

Caleb is free to expend much of his endless energy and Mike is at peace...which usually leads to a nap on the warm sand.

Lots of fun playtime with Daddy.

**It's possible that part of the reason I keep having babies is so that I can continue to have a free pass from "push the parent into the ocean" type of games:)

Sweet sandy baby girl.

See her eyes? 

Sand. Everywhere.

Hey little Caiters, come join the party...

There she is:)

Wow look at this photo, now there's a relaxed and happy family of 8.

I think I want to be a permanent vacationer when I grow up.