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Pismo Beach Part 3: The Salt and Foam
Good morning! For today’s Monday vlog, we have something a little different. Today’s Video is more of a short film / spoken word / inspirational video as opposed to a normal update on the rest of our trip. This spoken-word piece began to take shape in my head on the tail end of our time in Pismo, we normal spend Thursday at the beach and it’s usually the day we stay the longest and try…
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Olivia Goes Trick or Treating for the First Time and Our First Family Costume
We knew we wanted to do a family costume this year because this year we could actually go out together. We wanted to do something cool, but to be honest, we didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money. I’m not the biggest Halloween fan and I would rather spend the money on Christmas pajamas or a new sweater for Thanksgiving. We came up with the idea to do the Avengers, but we wanted…
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Reflections on Pismo Vacations Past
Both of Myke’s and my families went on beach trips when we were growing up. My family went to Pajaro Dunes, near Monterey and Myke went to Pismo Beach. I remember Myke telling me about these trips when we were dating and he always lit up when he would talk about this place. He moved around a little bit while growing up, but they always went back to Pismo and so that was the closest…
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We Took the Toddlers to the Beach!
Alright, folks we’re back for Pismo Beach Part 2! We pick up on Tuesday morning, traditionally Tuesday is a beach day. We woke up, bright and early and headed to the breakfast room. The best feature of the Oxford Suites is the free breakfast. Now, this isn’t your typical “hot breakfast” that consists of some day-old toast and a sketchy pre-cooked omelet. Nay! It is a full-on, delicious breakfast. Usually, there is meat, either sausage…
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Deer Creek Farm and Pumpkin Patch Adventure
My mother in law had her eye on this cute little store in Rocklin called Deer Creek Farm, a 30-minute drive from Sacramento. There is a shop along with a pumpkin patch and she thought the girls would love it too. So we made an afternoon of it and took the girls with us. We drove up and the shop looked so cute on the outside. We parked around back and they had a whole…