Whale Watching (kind of...)

The past week we have been all over the place but we are doing well and are starting to get settled. I should still be unpacking and organizing but I needed a break so I decided to start catching up the blog. Earlier in December we went whale watching with some friends in Long Beach. It was definitely an adventure and the only whales we saw were dolphins, but we had a memorable day. Here is the picture of the dolphins. I couldn't move it down in order so you see the highlight of the trip first;)

Here is Matt with the kids before we took off.

Here we are just taking off. Look at us all out on the deck, feeling good and ready for whales

Shortly after we took off, the fog came flooding in.

Jordan, Lila, Crew and I. After we cruised out of the harbor, the water got pretty rough. Take that back, the water got really rough! Kids were flying all over the deck, babies were crying, people lined up for the bathroom, it was crazy! The kids actually thought it was awesome and loved trying to walk on the rocking boat. Graham thankfully fell asleep and I was so close to losing my stomach.

Jake and Tom managed to make it through still smiling.

Finally, the sun came out and the waters calmed. Still no whales though.

The sun brought new hope of finding whales. That is when we finally saw the dolphins.

I love this picture of the boys

Graham woke up as we were coming into port

After the boat ride, we let poor Stacey go home with Tom (she was one of the ones who lost her stomach), we kept Jake and Abby and went to get some food in our weary stomachs at Famous Daves. Yum

After lunch we walked along the boardwalk in Long Beach and found a little bonus, snow! Crew got to go sledding and loved it. It wasn't much but not bad for Long Beach

Don't mind the frizzy hair but we loved the habor

Love these two

All in all it was a really fun day and definitely an experience we will always remember!