life's a beach

we did it! on saturday we finally went down to santa cruz for the day. i've been looking forward to this little adventure since last summer when joe went and then told me how much i'd like it. i've always wanted to go to a beach boardwalk carnival - and santa cruz definitely delivered.

i was so giddy the whole drive there and almost died from excitement when i saw first roller coaster.

we walked around the boardwalk for a while

ate corn dogs and french fries for lunch

[the corn dogs had more fried breading than actual hot dog, but they were still delish ] 

browsed the surf shops

watched lots of beach soccer

[there was some kind of tournament going on - joe was in heaven]

lounged around on the beach
did some serious people-watching 

and finished off the day with some dippin dots and cotton candy
it was lovely