We celebrated my husband's 40th at the Cliff House Sunday Brunch, one of our favorite brunch places in the bay area.  Amazing food, endless Champagne and live harpist?  How can you possibly top that, right?  Afterwards we walked down to Ocean Beach, expecting the usual, fog, chill and wind.  To our surprise, it was quite warm on the beach despite the cloud covered sky.  

Before we knew it, everyone's shoes were off, pants were rolled up, and an impromptu beach photo shoot began.  Yes, I DO always have my camera with me!  We collected a great variety of shells on the beach, including crabs, clams, mussesl, and sand dollars!  Good thing mommy always has a couple of ziploc bags in the diaper bag...

Later, the sun almost broke through the clouds and gave us a warm and soft afternoon glow, perfect for finishing up our family beach photo shoot.