Newport Beach

The whole Smith family trekked down to Newport Beach this past week, and we had such a great time. There were too many fun pictures to choose from, so I had to document them all. Here's a little taste of what the week looked like.

After mom greeted us all with our "welcome buckets" we were set to head to the beach Monday morning. The Simas family was nice enough to let our whole clan come hang out on Laguna Beach with them. They have access to a private beach so we basically had it all to ourselves. It was amazing!! (I don't know if you can see the stairs in the background but it was about a 10 min hike down to the beach. Well worth it though!!)

We had some mad Smashball tourney's going on. Very fun.

All the kids had so much fun playing in the sand all day.

Me and Savy on the "magic school bus." Papa working up some fun with Blake-O's, & Trav soaking up some sun.

Harper and Ty enjoying the nice weather. Me ki & Nichole in one of my favorite self-taken shots.

Dad & Mom, Linds, & Savy loving the perfect weather.

Eating at CPK @ Fashion Island. Shopping + Good food = amazing.

Ki, Ty, Savy, & I. Papa, Brons, & Bosty doing "The electric bull"

We spent the evening up at the firepit playing games and roasting s'mores. It was so fun! Trav won the family B-ball game, but I came in a close second. Watch out BYU intramurals, I just might have found my niche.

Brons and Elliott had so much fun running up down and around all the big hills. I love this pic of Nichole and I!

Trav & the Kiddie-O's. Blake, Grammy, & Papa roasting s'mores.

I LOVE this pic of Boston. He insisted on having his s'more wrapped up because it was getting him dirty. He's so funny. Savy & Nichole both enjoyed a little mallow goodness, & Kiley and I playing a mean game of teatherball.

We spent the evenings doing what the Smith Family does best...playing games! Here Linds and Ty are representing the hierarchy of Scum. Linds was losing and had to wear the scum hat. The picture on the right was of Trav's B-day breakfast. Happy B-day Trav!

On Thursday we got to go to the taping of So You Think You Can Dance. AMAZING. We took some pics right before, unfortunately we couldn't take our camera's inside. It was so awesome though. My friend Dane had two extra tickets so Kiley and I used his, and My sister's and Taylor and Tracey Simas were able to get in with random people's extra tickets. It was an all day event, but we were on the front row. SO awesome. Thanks dane!!

On the last day we went to South Coast Plaza to hit up the Nordstrom sale, do some shopping, some dinner, and a movie. It was a GREAT way to end such a fun trip. Sweet shades eh?
Thanks Mom and Dad for such an awesome trip! I can't wait until next year!