Newport Beach - Picture Overload

Sunday night I got a phone call from my mother.   She asked me if Das and I would like to use their Marriott time share condo in Newport Beach.  Das and I are always up for a vacation so we were interested.  But then she told us we would have to leave right away.  Das and I decided to sleep on it.

One of my sisters had put a request in for this week in Newport.  But unfortunately the time share waited til last week to confirm and my sister's fam had already made plans.  We of course couldn't let the condo go to waste....so we HAD to take it.  And fortunately Das works for a really great company that allows him to do spur of the moment trips like these.

 And those trips are the best!  So we packed up Monday night(despite my wanting to puke every 5 minutes and no help from Das who was glued to the Bears game) and took off early morning Tuesday.   We stopped for lunch in St. George, and got to the Marriot Newport Coast Villas (classy classy place) around 7:00.  Das is such a great driver.  I am thankful to him for getting our family there safely. 

The sun was setting as we were nearing the coast.  I have never seen a sunset so big and beautiful.  We hope to get to the beach one of these nights for a more clear one.  We have a pretty good view of the ocean from our Villa, and tonight the colors are just as bright.

 This morning we woke up bright and early and headed to the beach.  The weather was perfect even at 10AM.  We stayed at the beach for a couple of hours and the kids had a blast.....Including Logan!

Logan wanted to be right in the water with Tristan and Ashton.  He was fearless!  Luckily Das was right by the whole time to lift him up when the waves came in. 

Everytime we brought him back to the towels, he would quickly crawl away from us, towards Tristan and Ashton. 

Tristan and Ashton had a great time digging holes, jumping waves, and finding sea shells. 

Logan was covered in sand.  He wanted to eat it, and he kept rubbing his eyes.  But yet he didn't cry once. 

After the beach we went back for lunch and then headed to one of the many pools here at the resort.  Now we are marinating steaks for dinner and then going to go check out some of the fun activities the resort holds everyday.  We are so glad that we were able to drop everything and take advantage of my parents generosity.  Thanks Mom and Dad!