Growing up in Southern California in the 1970’s and 80’s was a great time to be a kid!  We would spend hours at our pool and had many family trips to the beach. It has been great incorporating these same activities we did as kids into our family outings.  My husband and daughter have been hitting the beach early in the am for years (and letting tired mom sleep in). He has been secretly wishing she would take to surfing because he has wanted to teach her how to surf since she was a baby.  I think he wants a surfing buddy so he has an excuse to hit the beach…