Vaction Part 3-Pismo Beach Family Reunion

The main reason we went to California was for a Clark Family Vacation.

All my dad's siblings, their families, and my grandparents headed to Pismo Beach for a few days.

My grandparents rented little cottages for everyone. 

We had our own courtyard and our family was the only ones in the place.

It was great.

 Just hanging out as family arrives.

 Matix and Bree took a coloring break

 Cold morning on the pier

 There were pelicans all over the pier and they would let you get really close

Doug dared Bree to touch one. 

She did and Doug gave her $5!

My uncle Alan and his two adorable granddaughters

 Beach time

Matix wasn't feeling it so he took a nap on Great Grandma

We had a sand sculpture contest. Each family had to make something.

We became quite the attraction for people walking on the beach.

Alan's family made a Minion. 

How cool is that.

I'm surprised they didn't win.

 Nick's family made an actual castle.

(They won!!)

Our family made a turtle on top of a turtle on top of a turtle.

We like to call it turtle inception.

Right before the judges came around Bree and Dixie thought we were done and jumped on it.

We weren't even considered.

My dad and Doug made the whole thing.

Linda's family made sand crab.

Her boys were collecting them all over the beach.

That evening we had family pictures.

We all wore our official family reunion shirts.

This is the back of them

 Danny Clark family representing.

My sister Stephanie and her husband Jason, Bree & Dixie's parents, couldn't make it last minute. They had a family emergency, so my parents took the girls for them.

My sister Valerie couldn't come because they live in Texas.

My dad and his parents and siblings

That night we had a talent show.

I asked the girls what they wanted to do, they said dance to music...

so that's exactly what we did.

My cousin Amanda and her girls did a song with hand motions.

It was so cute.

The next day, the last day, we spent a lot of time on the beach.

 And Matix snoozed again.

We also had a picture scavenger hunt and just hung out.

I love being with all of my family.

They are the best.

As I sat on the beach one morning I watched my uncles, cousins, Doug, and my dad all in the water.

I thought about how I love that I grew up in a family where the beach and water is so important. 

Everyone in my family loves it, as do I.

Doug and I really need/want to move back to California.

I'm always going to be a California girl at heart.

I was raised there and would LOVE to raise my own kids there.

I would pick California over Utah any day!

(can you tell I'm a little obsessed?)