Friday, July 24, 2009

Things I Noticed at the Beach This Year

We usually go to the beach every year with Ken and Alisyn and their family. This year we all went to the Keys instead, and Ken's family planned a family reunion week at Big Bertha. We were sad not to be planning a beach trip with them, but we have family reunions too so we understood and tried not to pout too much. Happily, we found out a couple of months ago that part of Ken's family couldn't come until Wednesday afternoon, and they invited us to come for the first three days.

We had a most excellent time.

I noticed a few things at the beach this year, and thought I'd share them with you.


- Sending the kids out for a "walk" on the beach on Sunday evening accompanied only by Uncle Ed (Ken's unmarried brother) will result in a walk that closely resembles swimming in the ocean with your clothes on.

- Harry Potter might have liked sleeping in his closet under the stairs. It was certainly the desired place to sleep this week at the beach!

- Just because a chair is there doesn't mean someone is going to sit in it. (Actually people did sit in the chairs some of the time, and surprise of all surprises, I sat down in one for about 10 minutes. Russ was pretty startled.)

- Our house was the only one that looked like poor white trash were living in it.

- The hot tub is everyone's happy place. Particularly when it's raining or it's dark and we see shooting stars!

- Just because someone hasn't played Clue Master Detective before doesn't mean they won't totally win. Way to go Ann!

- Beach Kayaks = lots of fun + tired arms. Thank goodness there was a tidepool for the little kids to paddle around in.

Russ braves the waves.
Josh gives it a try.
Jared's turn.
Rachel's turn.
- Playing at the beach makes people really tired!


- A bad day at the beach is better than almost anything else. A good day is unbeatable!

9 comments:

  1. More fun family memories shared. =)

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  2. Amen to all of the above! :) Great pictures!! Thanks for sharing~

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  3. Did you actually send the kids kayaking into the ocean????????

    And - what an awesome skirt Jenna has on!

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  4. Okay so there are people who LIKE to go to the beach. Then there are people who LOVE to go to the beach. Then there are the Rays, who will use any excuse possible to go to the beach! Seriously, how many times have you seen and/or been in the ocean in this calendar year?

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  5. CL--the littles were kayaking in the tidepool, which was much more connected to the ocean this year. It had waves & everything.

    Amy--this year has been a bit odd that way. Let's see...
    Feb--Hawaii
    March--EI with CL & Mahon
    June--Florida
    July--EI
    I'd say we've had a pretty good year!

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  6. Mindy--We missed you this year!

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  7. Cindy,
    YOU'RE KILLING ME!!! Alex says we can go to North Carolina on vacation next year. Yeah. Barring no major auto repairs or dental work, we'll see you next year.

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  8. Well Jen, it's no Forks, but the beach does have a charm of it's own! ;)

    If you guys come and need a place to stay we'd love to have you...

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  9. The thing that we noticed was when you left. Calmer waves and less Clue . . . sigh.

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