Sunday morning we got up early and headed to Surfin Donuts. They are the absolute best! After sitting outside and having our donuts and chocolate milk, we cruised down to the Farmer's Market. When we lived there, we loved to go to the Farmer's Market, and tried to get down there a few times a month. This time, Cahl picked out and bought me 2 bracelets and a pair of earrings. And we also got some fresh tamales, elephant ears, and the boys picked out honey sticks. When Tristan was little, his favorite thing to do was get honey sticks at the farmer's market! After walking the market, we went down and had breakfast on the pier. After we were stuffed beyond belief, we got all changed and walked over to the beach. San Clemente beach is beautiful, but it's also really rocky. So the bigger boys boogie boarded for a while, and the littler two played in the sand and built castles. The hotel we stayed at was so cool, they had a ton of beach chairs, towels, umbrellas and even sand toys that you could borrow any time. So we took full advantage of that, given the fact that we have a very small array of those things now that we don't live by the beach anymore. So once we were done, we headed back to the room to shower and take naps. Once the little two fell asleep, Cahl and the older two went up to Doheny Beach to play some more, and I stayed back to nap with the babes. Then once Brinley and I woke up, we sat out on the balcony and had a snack while we watched the surfers. After a while, when the big boys all got home and Hunter woke up, we went as a family back to Dohney Beach just to hang out. By then it was getting a little later and chillier, so we didn't stay too long. Brinley LOVED the birds, and she had the best time chasing them all over the beach! After we packed back up, we cruised back through town and stopped to pick up dinner at La Tiendita (the ghetto burrito). After dinner, we just hung out for a while. Cahl and I sat on the balcony and watched the sun go down, and it was so nice and quiet and relaxing.
We got up early Sunday morning and walked out to the end of the pier. Brinley chased more birds, and the boys got to see some of the fishermen catching fish. We also stood and watched the surfers for a little while, before heading up to breakfast. After we had eaten, we packed up and headed out for home. On the way, we made a stop in Riverside at the Castle Park. We decided to skip Disneyland this time, since we knew it would be super crowed on a holiday, and this park was smaller and there were way less people to have to deal with. It was a good call, because the kids had a blast! There were virtually no wait times for any of the rides, and since we bought them wristbands, they went on every ride multiple times. They even coerced me to go on 3 (yes 3!) rides. I went on the Dragon's Breath, a tower that shoots you straight up in the air a few stories then free falls back down. The log ride, which is a water ride with one small and one HUGE drop into the water and I got soaked. And finally the Falling Star, where you sit and the entire platform goes up and then back down, many times and very fast. It was the most terrifying. I only agreed to go on it because Jasen was so excited to go on it, and no one else would go with him even though you had to have a partner to ride. So I went out of guilt and will never to that again. After we had ridden all the rides and had dinner, we loaded up and came home. It was a quick trip, but it was full of fun and great memories! 
