In July we took our (what has become) annual trip to the beach with friends. It was of course organized by the Watson's... thanks so much guys! We always have a blast!
The trip did start out on a bit of a sour note however. We packed up the van, got about 5 minutes out and the brakes started to act funny. All grindy and growly. It didn't feel safe at all. I'm glad it happened only 5 minutes out though! So we drove back home, repacked into the Tim's much smaller vehicle, squished our 3 very unhappy-to-be-squished-together children into the back and set out for the 2 1/2 hour drive. They complained a lot in the beginning but we said it's either this or no beach. They quieted pretty quickly after that. Then we proceeded to have a pretty nice drive! Surprisingly the kids had a lot of fun coming up with all sorts of loud games to irritate Mr. Driver ; )
Here we are at the hotel pool on Friday night....
This is personally my second favorite part of the trip
The kids had a ton of fun with daddy making them "fly"
So, on the road that leads to the beach is a surf shop that has a huge shark mouth for the entrance. The kids have ALWAYS wanted to stop at it to take pictures. We always say "maybe we'll stop on the way back" This time we realized that we had been seriously kidding ourselves. Really, when were we ever going to stop on the way back after 6 hours on the hot, sunny, and sandy beach, and 1 hour cleaning everybody and everything up? Never. So we got smart and stopped before we went to the beach. It completely lived up to the kid's years of expectations. The shark store in their opinion was "totally awesome".
Here they are smooshed in the back playing one of their "loud" games. I believe after this picture Mr. Dad made them play the quiet game until we got there.
Ah, finally, the beach!
S and G with G's friend Kaleb
L with her girlie's Rachel, Kirsten, and Ashley
Digging their hole to the other side of the world. It surprises me that no one has fallen into one of these yet. Knock on wood...
G and Kaleb playing soccer. They kept kicking the ball super far down the beach from our camp and I had to keep chasing them. I suppose all that running was good. Helped me work off all of the swiss cake rolls I had been eating. Gross I know. And a blatant misuse of perfectly good calories.
The Boys:
Dean, Steve, Tim
Grant, Kaleb, Brandon, Karson,
Samuel, Jacob, Michael, Sei, Rei
The Girls:
Mie, Audrey, Lynn, Brooke, Denise,
Ashley, Braden, Kirsten, Rachel, Lillie, Ashley
Oh my Goodness, this thing was insane. It's called the Island and it holds 9. They had to anchor it to the bottom of the ocean floor with sandbags. I didn't go out there but of course Lillie my little dare devil and Tim did. There was no way she was letting all the big kids go out there without her.
They had a blast!
The boys playing Bocce Ball
This is my absolute favorite part of the trip:
On our way back from the beach we always stop at Rudy's BBQ to eat.
Here are G and Kaleb again. They were super excited because they both got the same kind of popsicle. Those rainbow bomb pops I think they were.
They opened them. Took one lick. Then proceeded to play swords with them.
Boys, ya gotta love 'em!
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