This is Rick's Grandma Pingree. She has a wonderful grandmother and a very generous person. When Rick was a little boy, she would take her daughter and three sons and their families to Capistrano for a beach vacation. Rick grew up loving the ocean. When we got married, Gram Pingree once again took her children and their children to the beach. The first year we went was in 1986 and we went for a week to a beach house in San Diego. Here are some pictures from that trip of our little girls Jordan and Claire with their cousin Catherine. It's one of my all time favorite pictures.
We also went to Sea World that year and 1 1/2 year old Dave accidentally threw his pacifier into the shark tank. Aunt Robyn reached and pulled it out since it was a needed item for a peaceful beach trip, risking her arm for a happy Dave and grateful parents.
Rick loves swimming in the ocean like no other person I know. He will even go at night, during the winter and will swim and boogie board for hours at a time. He's pretty intrepid if you ask me.
This was our beach house in Oceanside in 1987, compliments of Gram Pingree again. We all stayed in this spacious house for a week and had a wonderful time. Our kids came to LOVE the ocean as children and they all love to go in it and have a good time now.
Back we go again to Oceanside in 1988 thanks to Gram, this time with an expectant mommy Vonnie. Our kids loved to play in the surf and sand for hours at a time with the cousins and many, many happy memories were made.
In 1991 we went to San Diego for a week while Rick attended a conference. Mom went with us and we were able to spend time at the beach, go to the San Diego Zoo and Disneyland and see Phantom of the Opera. It was a trip to remember. The kids love to tell the tale of listening to Phantom all the way back to Utah...all 11 hours of the trip with me explaining the plot to Mom.
In 1992 we went back to Oceanside for a week at a beach house with Rick's family. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and enjoying the sand, once again.
In 1996 we spent a day at the beach in Newport while we were there for a football game.In 2001 and 2002 we spend a week at the beaches near LaJolla while visiting Rick's parents who were serving their LDS mission at the institute at SDSU.
When Rick turned 50 in 2005 his wish was to go to the beach, which is exactly what we did.
In 2006 we got off the a cruise ship and spend a half day at a great beach in Newport.
We've logged quiet a few days at the beaches in Southern California!
When we talked to our kids last year about the idea of us giving them a vacation for their Christmas present, they all said they wanted to go to the beach! I wonder why? Oceanside has become a favorite place to go and this year was no exception. It was one of the best vacation weeks ever! It was so great to be with our family and to enjoy the company of each other and make some more wonderful beach memories.
6 comments:
That is a WONDERFUL post, Vonnie, and brought back some tremendous memories, some of them as recent as this week and others going back years. I do LOVE the ocean, and I'm so glad our kids do, too. Thanks for going back into the memory banks and posting about all our trips there.
Good pics! I think the real reason we listened to so much Phantom was that the tape player broke with that tape in it, and the radio didn't work, so we had no other option, right? The Music of the Niiiiiiggghhhttt!
Good post, and pictures. I love the beach too, and wish I could go there more. Maybe we'll start a family tradition of going to S Cali!
Great trip through memory lane Mother! I love all of those old school pictures and seeing how many times we've visited the beach. No wonder we love it!
These are truly awesome photographs.
Tumby Bay
Woah, you've been a fan of Oceanside since then. Good thing you were still able to keep those old photos! Thanks for sharing these memories… You already have a lot of members in your family, and yet you still stick to this place… How good of you. :)
Allison McCumber
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