Summer in November?

So it seems as though the weather in Southern California is on a bit of a delay.  During the summer months it was cool - highs in the mid-60's and kind of cloudy.  The joke was that once school started in September the heat would come.  We waited...still cool weather.  Then October rolled around and we had a week of heat - record heat!  It was thought at that point that summer just decided to come in one week.  Well, now that we are in November, each day so far has been above 80 degrees!!  Yes, November!!  Being a Midwesterner, when November rolls around I start thinking about adding wool sweaters to my wardrobe, scarves (not just for fashion reasons but out of necessity!), Ugg boots (see note on scarves), and other fun things like hot chocolate!  Since that is not our reality this year, our family took yesterday evening and embraced this crazy November heat and took an evening beach walk.  It was enjoyable to feel the cool ocean breeze, watch the waves crash, laugh with the kids, see the sunset (a definite highlight for Faith!), and just be together as a family.  Family time is so precious, especially after having Steve at work for four days, and we just loved the time we could spend as a family.  And I actually remembered to bring my camera on the walk, so we have some great pictures to show what a beautiful day it was!

As we began our walk at Emma Wood beach we were able to see an Amtrak train go by!  Naturally, this is a highlight for the kids!  It's hard to see, but Faith is totally excited about the train.  And of course the ocean on the right...!

Just cruisin' along!

This is our favorite spot to walk since we are able to be so close to the water

Sunset shot

Faith and Steve went down closer to the water while Shane and I started to head back.  It was getting late; he needed to be carried the whole way back!

On a different note, Faith for the first time ate her lunch at preschool yesterday!  She had been asking to do so for a while since some of her friends do that.  The excitement she had to pack a lunch, bring it to school, and then stay and eat it was so cute!  And of course on our way into school in the morning she had to stop and show everyone her lunch pail and tell them that she was staying for lunch!  Thankfully, it was a MOPS morning so I dropped her off early and we didn't see too many people!  It was a good reminder to enjoy even the little things in life!