Santa Cruz weekend with Grandma and Grandpa

 March 19-20th- We had a weekend free of basketball games and commitments so we packed up the kids Friday after school and headed to San Jose to visit Grandma and Grandpa and spend a day at the beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday. It was SOO nice to escape the crazy schedule at home and just hang out and explore and have some good family fun for a couple days. And what better place than at the beach! This is my happy place :)
We got up early Saturday morning so we could make it to see the tide pools at National Bridges State Park and beach and then we headed down to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk to enjoy some warm sun and sand and let the kids experience the Boardwalk for the first time. We let them ride one ride and we walked the pier and relaxed at the beach for a bit. We then of course had to finish the day at Maryanne's with our favorite ice cream!! Yum!!! I love spontaneous trips like this!!