today we headed out of the house around noon-ish. we decided that since the weather was absolutely beautiful, and our visitors just escaped from chicago and philadelphia weather we should make it to the beach. we headed to laguna beach, one of the closer beaches, and also a really nice beach to wander around.
lunch was had at the laguna beach hotel. they have an outside seating area where you can dine viewing the ocean and enjoying the sun, so we got ourselves a nice table and perused the menu.
all morning long, craig had been getting phone calls from some mystery person, or people and it was at lunch that the surprise unfolded. as we were sitting on the patio out walked jenny and sam - two of my friends from northern california! after a hug, and an introduction to callum, tara*, and alicia, sam stated "we just decided it was a nice day to see the beach."
after lunch we wandered around. the ladies and i walked around on the beach some while craig and callum hung out on the boardwalk. there were 5 of us out on the beach, and 5 separate cameras shooting every which-way. i'm sure we were quite the sight.
after our lunch and our impromptu photo shoot, craig, callum, tara*, alicia, and i headed back to our place - while jen and sam wandered laguna a bit more. i suspected i would be seeing them later this evening - however no one gave anything away. sam kept with the 'we just wanted to go to the beach today' story, and jenny just avoided all mention of any plans she knew about. (i thought that perhaps they would be easier to break since tara* and alicia hadn't given me any hint as to any plans - i was wrong.)
mom and dad finally came by around 4:30, this time for real. we're now getting caught up with eachother, and the grandparents are getting some good callum time.
here's some photos from this afternoon.
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| Friends at Laguna Beach |
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