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7.09.2010

What's better than a day at the beach?

A day at the beach with a forever friend of course!  

 Could it already have been 15 years since we left our roomie days at Elon?

Last week my college roommate and her family were vacationing at the beach.  And since we live within a reasonable, okay, somewhat reasonable distance from the coast, my kids and I made a day trip to spend some time with them.

Kylie quickly got down to business getting a sand castle area started.  
While perfecting her movie star look of course. 
I'm pretty sure the sunglasses never came off.  Of course, why would they need to when you only get sea water up to your mid-calves.  That's my cautious Kylie.  Not real interested in the waves, but a lover of the sand.

Darcy quickly got down to business checking out the (to our knowledge) largest sandbox she had ever seen.
(I hesitated taking Beth up on her offer to feed us for the day because I hated for Ian to miss Darcy's first beach day.  He said that I'd be crazy not to go, and insisted that as long as there were pictures he'd be fine.  Darcy insisted that she had seen the ocean before, and she did live very near the sea, so possibly her foster mom had already introduced her to the beach anyway...)
Then my daring Darcy showed that she wanted a piece of the action in the waves.  I had to quickly head back to deposit my camera as the shallow water wasn't enough to entertain her long.
And then of course, there was my "let's embrace life and live it to the fullest!" son.
Kamakazi Caleb.  He had Anah and Sera in the water as much as he could.  I'm pretty sure he would have jumped the waves all day if they would have helped him. 
But of course there were holes to be dug and castles to be built.
Not to mention the "pre-shower" time in the pool beside their condo.  My three ran, jumped, dug, swam, and played their hearts out while Beth and I got to sit in sand chairs and catch up on the happenings of our lives.  I was so busy enjoying myself that I only took about 15 pictures.  (Thankfully Beth was much more dilligent and took many more and even made a fun smilebox presentation of our day together).

Caleb apparently gave it all he had.  Because after his shower, even a fresh, hot donut from Britt's (they really were as good as all the hype) that Tim went to pick up for us was hardly enough to rouse him from his slumber. I'm pretty sure he ate the whole thing with his eyes closed...
The only thing that could have made it better would have been if Ian had enough vacation to take the day off and go with us.  Thanks again Beth, Tim, Anah and Sera, we had a blast!

11 comments:

Cindy M said...

There's not much better in this world than a tired boy falling asleep with food in his mouth because of a sun-filled day at the beach. I have half a dozen photos of Mickey doing that same thing last time we were at HHI.

So glad you got to spend time with your friend! I can hardly wait till we go...but I have a LOT to do this week. Ugh.

Ally said...

Love the picture of Caleb. I too have a few of those in my collection. Definitely one to make you grin!

Rachelle said...

Old friends are the best friends!

Anonymous said...

Of course we had a great day as well! We wished Ian could have joined us. I love how your kids are so great together, but yet so very different. I am so happy you and I got the chance to sit and catch up a little. Anah and Sera are really great with them. I just keep looking at the pictures saying, "she is 12. she is 12."

Britt's doughnuts are the best! I am glad Caleb at least got to wake up enough to swallow. Maybe he wasn't asleep, he was just dreaming at how good the doughnut was.. :) Hope the kids slept all the way home and you guys had a nice supper with Ian. Can't wait to do it all again soon!!!

Beth

Cindy M said...

I checked out the Smilebox slideshow...OH, I love that photo of Darcy!

Heather said...

Perfect! Love the beach!

Larry and Carol said...

What a fun day for all of you. It's gret how you and Beth have stayed so close.

Laine said...

Oh Kristi what a taste of Heaven!
I'm so happy yall got to go have a day of fun in the sun at the beach!
When yall come here in August (I'm not giving up) we could get real crazy and drive the 4 hours south to the Gulf beaches if yall wanted! The oil isn't bad at all in some places, from what I hear.
Hugs to your family!

Nancy said...

Fun beach trip! So glad you got to catch up with a good friend. The smilebox thingy is so cute!

Traci said...

looks like fun! I can't wait until we have all five of the Shultz clan together at the beach! Won't that be fun! :)

The Colgate Girl said...

That is awesome that y'all got to spend the day together at the beach. You kids seem to play together so well. I envy your friendship...keep it strong. :-)