Cali-BURN-ia

Benton and I just got back from our trip out to Cali with Anna. It was magical. It really was, the weather could not have been any better and the company was great!! There was only one small down fall.... the first day there we hit the beach for 2 hours and got FRIED!!!!! That, I think, is the understatement of the century. Neither of us have been burned so badly in our lives, nor have we seen anyone with a sunburn this intense. I'm sure had we known it was going to be such a bad burn, we would've taken more action a lot sooner, but sunburns have the tendency to take their sweet time showing up. We tried every home remedy in the book and nothing seemed to help.

Anyway, we're just now starting to sleep through the night again, getting up every 2 hours to put more aloe on was good practice for the sleepless nights we'll have come september. Everytime we got out of bed it was like the worst shin splits/pins and needles ever, not pleasant. It felt alright if we were walking but as soon as we stopped all the pain came rushing back.

Then came the best part. The SWELLING. The second day Benton came down with some mean Cankles!! YIKES! And my knees were starting to look a little large and puffy. Then the next day Anna and I were at lunch and I looked down and Boom, CANKLES had attacked me too... it was horrible! And a 5+ hour drive home is not good for swelling, my mom nearly passed out when she saw the state we were in and the sausage rolls we had for legs.

Thankfully my swelling was gone by Sunday night, it was not a fun 4 days, unfortunately Benton's ankle bones still aren't poking out like they should be, but on the bright side the massive BLISTERS that showed up on his shins on Friday have all gone away.

Now we feel like a couple of molting lizards, peeling like crazy, it's never ending!! and the color is just now finally turning from Red to tan. All from 2 hours in the sun. Benton still looks like his legs got hit by a truck, but he's doing much better!

We still had a fabulous time though! We spent a great day at Sea World, and checked out the town of Oceanside, did some shopping, checked out some really cool restuarants, and the coolest farmer's market I've been too. And Benton got really good at Guitar hero becuase it hurt him too much to walk and be outside, poor guy.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANNA!!!! Anytime you want us go come back we're game and we'll bring extra sunscreen this time.

Benton and the shark
my beautiful cankles and sausage roll leg

Benton, my massive self and the cute pink flamigos
all suited up for the 4-D movie at sea world
My polar bear friend and me, isn't he cute?

Benton's cankles and burned feet, they don't look too bad there.
my gross swollen knee