Santa Cruz, again

Brandon's birthday was on the 27th, so we took the boys to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for rides and games. The boys had the best time on all the rides. Brandon & Owen surprised us with their love of one of the ferris wheels. Brandon must have gone on it 3 or 4 times; Owen rode twice. They went on rides for 2 1/2 hours and then played games for another 1 1/2 hours. Owen didn't quite make it to the game portion of the day. The rides wore him out! Russ & I were exhausted by the time we left. Brandon had a great birthday. We spent the rest of the week at the beach. July isn't the best time to go since the fog didn't really burn off until 1 or 2 pm each day. No one really cared. The boys had toys and video games to occupy their time at the house.