The day before the school started, we joined our friends for a day at the beach just liked we had the past few years.  We went to Capitola this year, and we had a perfect beach weather.  The kids hung together to dig a big hole and they were proud how deep they dug.  We ordered pizza for lunch there and the boys enjoyed taking a break and eating before returned to play.  We probably stayed at the beach for hours before we wrapped up to leave.  Some of us went for hot cocoa and ice cream in town before we made the drive home.  The beach day had become another nice tradition we are doing each year.