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Today the whole familia decided to take a trip to the beach in Carpenteria. The heat in Ojai was well above 100 today and staying in it didn't sound like a fun plan.

So the family packed the car and headed to the beach for a day of sun, fun, and sand. More about the sand later. Once we got settled at the beach it was time for Aidan to take his new boogie board out for a ride. He kept getting pulled to the left by the waves and not paying attention to it. If Mama and Papa weren't watching him like hawks from their perch beneath the umbrellas sitting on beach chairs Aidan may still be out at sea!

Declan wanted in the water too but when he got down to the edge he was hesistant, but very excited--shaking as is the mahoneykid trademark whenever 'the excitement' takes hold. He would go in up to his knees and then turn and run back up the beach to safety. What he was really wanting to do was to keep an eye on what his big brother Aidan was up to.

As for Mama, Papa they took turns going out the water with the boys while the other stayed under the umbrellas with Darragh--who decided that his first trip to the beach was the perfect time for a 4 hour nap with the sound of the waves and all.

The boys were lucky enough to have a family leave that was next to us that had dug a 3 foot deep hole into the sand which provided the late afternoon play. Papa got into the act as well helping dig out a set of steps that Declan then smoothed out with his boompa by sliding down mulitple times.

It was a great day at the beach, and Papa has the nasty sunburn on his back to prove it!