July: The weekend following our epic camping trip was spent at the beach. We celebrated Erin's birthday a little early since she was going to spend her actual birthday in Missouri with my sister and her family (without us). It was a quick trip to California. We picked Howard up from work and went straight to Riverside (my hometown) and stayed with my step-dad. The next morning we left bright and early for the beach. We found a great spot near the bathrooms and the pier and set up camp for the day with out new shade canopy. Once the kids learned how to navigate the strong waves, they had a blast. Even though we spent 4 years living on an island, Luke was a newborn when we left and Jack was a young toddler, so they don't remember the ocean. In addition to that, it was warm water and generally no waves, so it was a very different experience than what Howie and Erin were accustomed to. We took Howard's best friend, Jon, with us and enjoyed visiting with him. All in all, it was a successful day except for the fact that I didn't know my camera settings were jacked up and all of the pictures turned out grainy (although some are worse than others).
We packed a picnic lunch, but Ruby's seemed so much more inviting, so we skipped the picnic and ate lunch on the pier.
After we were done at the beach we headed over to Irvine and ate at a Japanese chain fast food restaurant. There are only a few in America. We ate at CoCo Ichibanya all the time in Japan and it was wonderful to eat there again. You can see the restaurant behind the picture of Howie in the back right of the photo. We also saw this crazy expensive car and Howie wanted a picture. We weren't the only ones taking pictures of it.
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