First Things First

I don't remember where or when but I do remember having a discussion about getting a beach house this summer for our family. I want my children to have wonderful memories of their childhood like I do. When I was little we used to rent a beach house with my family every year. I think this would be a really great experience for all of our families.

It's almost October so I think if we are going to do this, we need to get started! So, who is interested in getting a beach house this summer for a week/or 5 days? Sound like fun? It is going to be outrageously fun!!!! We were thinking that we would need a pretty good sized house to fit all of us in it. One bedroom per married couple is what we were thinking. We could bring sleeping bags/air mattresses for the kids. If Degen wants, he can have his own room too or usually in a big house there are two living rooms/lofts/extra rooms where possibly Degen/older kids could sleep if they wanted to and if parents allowed them hehe :). Also, with a house you have a full kitchen, so most of the meals could be made at the house which we can divide up evenly when it gets closer to time.

So, I've been looking around just to get an idea of prices and stuff and I saw houses from $2,000- $10,000 per week. I think we should stick to a more economy friendly price of house that is still big enough for our family. If we got a six bedroom house for a week for $3,000.00- it would be $428.00 per family. I know this sounds like a lot, but we have several months to save this money. The size of the house will depend on how many people are going to be in it. The area of the house also plays part in the price of the house. I know we all love Newport, so I will look there first but it is an expensive area.

We need to decide on the following items:

1. Who is interested in going- (this does not have to be a definite answer yet, just an idea so we can price houses that are big enough)

2. The date- I was thinking the first or second week in June just because it seems like July is an out of control month and August people are getting ready for school. Please comment on when you think a good time to go would be. It is early enough in the year that we could plan this vacation and then plan the rest of your summer around it.

3. The Place- Newport, San Diego, Santa Monica, (This might depend on the best value for a house we can find )

So think about this for a few days and get back to me so we can start planning the funnest beach house vacation ever!! Over the next week I will look at houses and post pictures and prices so everyone can see.

Here is one I found its pretty awesome and it sleeps 20+ people. It is hard to find a house this big. It is $495 per day so it we stayed 5 days it would be $ 2475 (353.00 per family) and if we stayed a week it would be $3465 (495 per family) click on this link to see pictures of it and all the amenities http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/vac/1978168749.html Some of them include:

Suitable for large groups, weddings, retreats and events
Plenty of parking
La Jolla location
Private swimming pool and spa
Outdoor resort style furnishings and decor
BBQ Island
Fire pit
Game room
4 Flat screen TV`s
WiFi
2 living rooms
2 dvd players
Washer / dryer
Gas Fireplace
Huge back yard
1/2 basketball court