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Santa Cruz Beach

Our Day At The Beach

June 14, 2013

There’s nothing like playing on a beach on a sunny day in Santa Cruz, California.

Our camping trip to New Brighton State Beach was so much fun. We found a live crab on a morning walk, we made marshmallow sculptures, and we hung out at the beach.

The days we spent at the beach on our trip were my some of my favorite! One day, my Dad and brother built different sand creations like, a Darth Vader head and R2D2 — they turned out amazing! Another day we explored the rocky coast in Santa Cruz, climbing over big rocks, exploring huge rock tunnels, and enjoying the ocean. That day we saw some pretty awesome views.

My nana and grandpa, aunt and uncle, and cousins Riley and Chloe also joined us one day at the beach, too. I showed Riley the art of building a sand castle and played with her in the surf, showing her how to wait and let the waves come to you and cover your feet in water. Chloe slept, ate, and watched with my Aunt Julie on a beach towel in the shade.

My favorite part of the day was the Sand Fort!

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Cardboard Palace

Cardboard Kingdom

December 28, 2012

Welcome to my cardboard palace! This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, and a large living roomed palace is unlike any other kingdom.

First, we stared out at Ikea getting some shelves and other stuff for our new Lego room. After my mom and dad unpacked the boxes, they tossed the boxes off the top of the stairs. While they put all the cabinets and furniture together, my brother Carter and I got to work.

We stood up the boxes to make the first few walls and figured out that we were definitely going to need A LOT of duct tape. We started with the walls, then the door, and then added separate separate rooms, creating our cardboard palace little by little.

Once the structure was in place, we began adding details like cardboard shelves to put our Christmas candy stashes in! We added cardboard furniture (the bathroom, beds, and windows, etc), and finally, we decorated, put up pictures, and moved in!

Believe it or not, we camped out, slept, and lived in our cardboard palace for more than a week! This was definitely our best fort ever!

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