Ridin' Dirty.....

Mr. Smitty surprised his girls with a Cali get-away.....puppies and all!

It started out lovely.....we drove at night after a long day of work for both of us.

James snuggling with Sookie while he was driving, NICE!

Calista kept us entertained by her mad rapping skills....

Who knew she knew every word to several rap hits such as: H to the Izzo, Ridin' Dirty, Jiggity Wit It, Busta Move, Run this Town, New York, Slim Shady......

She was so cute singing all the lyrics and when the song was censored you would hear her sing BEEP.

When we asked her what Ridin' Dirty meant she said, "Well obviously it means he needs to take a shower."

Right, obviously!

Mr. Smitty and I held hands the whole way there, like we always do (please don't vomit in your mouth).

The puppies were very good in the car they loved it.

Sookie laid on Calista and my lap was Martini's safe haven. 

Part Lab part Bat maybe??? We still love her.

Yes she is a scraggle muffin, but we love her too.

We stopped more than normal for pit stops....James hates pit stops and normally only lets us stop once.

BUT we had the puppies, and Calista and I didn't mind the extra stops one bit!

Sookie didn't go to the bathroom at any of the stops, she only likes to go potty at home or at Nana's.

Calista and I had mini photo shoots at each stop...don't tell Mr. Smitty he doesn't need to know.

Calista rapped to us while we tried to fall asleep and on Saturday morning at about 4am I think all of us including the puppies finally made it to dreamland.  My stomach was already sore from laughing so hard, that kid cracks me up!

Saturday morning I woke up to Sookie laying on top of me snuggling (this is my usual wake up) only this time while she was on me she found the window right next to us and looked outside.  It was the cutest thing ever when she realized what the world looked like in they day time, so much to explore.  Her tail never stopped wagging the whole weekend.

Saturday we spent the day at Del Mar and Carlsbad checking out their several dog beaches and comparing which was better.  Sookie wasn't sure of the water and Martini just wanted to snuggle me....

Calista was of course in Utopia....she is a dolphin at heart.

Sookie discovered she could dig in the sand (and not get in trouble) so she was the happiest dog in the world!

When Calista came up to dig with her, she was even happier!

Then Cali started a boogie boarding marathon and Sookie and Martini didn't take their eyes off of their girl the whole time.

That is Cali with her board while Sookie is watching and Cali drawing in the sand with the watchful eye of Tini.

We were there all day, Calista didn't skip a beat with her board, she was a natural.  I was so proud of her, proud to be her Mom because she rocked it!

After a LONG 8 hours on the beaches, we decided to head back to the hotel and rest a bit before heading back out....fun was had by all.

Calista discovered snails, and we made a friend, which James was scared of.

The snail made Sookie happy....she didn't want to eat it, she just liked watching it.

Later that night Calista and I had a case of the laughs and couldn't stop.

The next day we decided to go to Coronado Island for the 4th.  It started off rough....
Sure we had to park 2 miles away and carry everything I packed (which was way too much)......
Also, Sookie finally decided to go to the bathroom #2!  In front of a 2 million dollar house, while James was carrying the canopy and the cooler full of ice and drinks.
While they stopped to "drop the kids off at the pool" Cailsta dropped half of the things she was carrying.
I set everything down to help her and I left something important, MY PURSE!
I didn't realize it was gone until we finally got to the beach and we set everything down to figure out where we were going to set up.
James went back to find it and I decided I was going to be super woman and drag everything 1/2 mile down to the dog beach to help out. 
It didn't work out very well.
I found a spot set the blankets down and had Cali walk over to save it.
While I tried to drag the rest of the things through the sand I fell down because the load was too heavy.
That is when I decided to stop and wait for James.
James came back upset because my purse was GONE.
We walked over to Calista with the rest of the things and I decided to do some Nancy Drew action and find my purse.
While I was walking back to
 the scene of the crime, my Mama called James' phone VERY upset.
She said somebody had called her and said they had my purse and she was worried out of her mind...she thought I got kidnapped.
Thank goodness for honest people.
I walked back to the house and there was a very nice rich couple, their house keeper found my purse and brought it inside.
They called my Mama and then got upset because she was so upset and thought I had gotten kidnapped as well.
Thank goodness for my Mama as well!
All of that happened, but we were still together and having fun.

Calista boogie boarded....ALL day.  She loved it, loved it so much she didn't care that the water was cold and it was in the 60's outside...she also didn't want to stop.  I had to make her stop and get her warm clothes on before the fireworks.

She also got burried in the sand by her father and puppy.

Sookie still just wanted to watch at the water and not touch it.

Martini decided she was sick of sitting on my lap and loved chasing the waves.

I love it when she decides she wants to act like a dog and not a human, those moments are few and far between.

When I finally was the mean mom and made Calista change we decided to go for a walk through the fancy neighborhood and maybe find something hot to eat.

The something hot to eat was not found, but we had fun walking and dreaming about living in the fancy houses, they all look like a craft project from Hobby Lobby.

White fences, red and blue shutters and flowers everywhere.

The fireworks were amazing.

We could see all 7 shows at once.

It was great, also we were the only ones left on dog beach.

We had a private beach all to ourselves!

So, Calista and I had a photo shoot and we all ran around the beach like crazy people (and dogs).

After this picture, I am sad to say my camera died.

Calista trying to be helpful, packed a bag with my camera and an open bottle of water.

We will be having a funeral any day now.

When we woke up the next day, we all could barely walk.

Calista from the boogie boarding.

James and I felt like we were in a boot camp walking miles in the sand.

The car ride was a VERY long one on the way home, 9 hours to be exact.

We were ALL ridin' dirty, even though we showered, there was so much sand in the car, we may never be clean again.

However, we are the Smitty's and much like the Lampoon's our craziness always ends up fabulous.

xoxox

Mrs. Sparky