boating

Duffy Boating in Newport Beach

The girls had never been on a Duffy Boat before, so when our friends, the Smiths, asked us if we wanted to take a spin one Saturday, we were all in!

The girls were most excited about the free popcorn, snacks and coloring pages provided.

The seafaring crew: Kennedy, Lucero, Sebastian, Samantha, Amelia, Me, Meredith and Eleanor

That’s right.. stuff your face, Meredith.

Move out the way, Captain Meredith is at the helm.

Kennedy and Sebastian are always so sweet with the girls and brought along dolls and toy bugs/dinos for everyone to play with.

Sebastian was a pretty aggressive driver!

The kids thought it would be hilarious to throw popcorn in the water and watch the seagulls fight over it, but we soon had twenty seagulls landing on the boat, squawking like crazy.

All the free snacks were in addition to the cheese and salami plate we brought along, as well as the massive box of pastries Lucero brought from 89 Degree bakery. SO. MUCH. FOOD.

Eleanor wasn’t so sure about letting the kids drive.

We survived our boat ride and didn’t get ticketed by the coast guard, despite the kids’ crazy driving around in circles, so it was a win!

Lots of love,

Boating and Killer Whales in Dana Point

The girls went on their first whale watching boat with Jake and not surprisingly, it was a tale of two boat trips.

“I wanna go again!” -Amelia

“Yeah. That was rough.” -Jake

It was a two-hour trip and the girls didn’t run out of ways to keep themselves occupied. With just one adult though, Jake reported that it was a challenge keeping everyone from either tossing each other overboard or annoying the captain so much that they were thrown overboard.

Getting their sea legs.

They didn’t see large blue or humpback whales on this trip, but they did see dolphins and the most amazing killer whales/orcas! Apparently, seeing wild orcas off our part of the California coast is extremely rare, so the boat captain was ecstatic. The next day, the group of killer whales was spotted in the same place hunting and eating baby dolphins… I’m glad the girls weren’t there to see the carnage!