Goodbye Beach!

Posted By on September 5, 2015

Our last few days – how is it possible? The summer comes to a close so fast. But we are lucky, we fill it with as many memories as we can.

The beach was beautiful and we had such a relaxing, fun time.

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Ryder got super sandy –

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Maddox got a turn getting buried in the sand –

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Sam spent some quality time with Pop Pop –

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One night, Mark took the kids out to fly kites. Sam and Maddox quickly got the hang on holding on until Mark said, “Let go!” and it would go flying into the air. Stunt kites are so much more fun than regular ones.

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Mark gave each kid a turn trying to fly the kite. Generally, he held the strings along with them, but Maddox  wanted to try on his own.

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When Mark was doing some solo flying, Sam and Maddox played king of the hill on a huge pile of sand that is being used to build up the dunes.

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We grabbed the opportunity to jump in the lifeguard chair for some pictures. We haven’t done that in ages!

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Captain Sam, sailing her ship 🙂

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Krista eventually got a turn but not for long before the kiddos took over again.

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We had some interesting times on the beach. There was a guy not far from us fishing in the ocean. He caught some sand sharks!

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Sam got to touch one, and I thought she would burst from excitement. It was fun watching them go off into the water, their little fins showing.

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Sharks or no sharks, in the water we go! Although to be fair, the sharks weren’t exactly the people-eating kind, so….

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We did it all this trip, riding rides, playing games. Sam and her dad had a good time shooting the dinosaurs. 🙂

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Skee ball, of course! Sam is getting a bit better and actually got one ball in for some points!

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She loves this game where you pretend to fish. All she knows is it’s somewhat easy, and she gets lots of tickets. It’s all about the tickets. And the eventual prizes.

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Ice cream at Yum Yums, another favorite. So many choices! As if she is going to eat anything other than vanilla or chocolate, but ya gotta look!

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Ice cream headache!

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With her Gumby and Pokey. She talked me into buying those for her. It’s hard to believe they are still around.

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One last visit to the turtle.

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And home we go. I love this rock star pose.

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Our family 🙂

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One morning, while Mark and I took a bike ride, Krista took the kids miniature golfing. Sam had never done it before, and she loved it!

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The next day, Sam wanted some Mommy-Sammy time, so we went out together. She wanted to take me golfing. She was so excited to show me everything. I think she feels like she is a pro now.

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It was a lot of fun, though, having her “show me what to do.”

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I will say, her technique needs some work. We’ve got to get her Poppy on that, stat!

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This is where Sam got her whole in one!! Yes, an actual whole in one! I was so proud of her. She couldn’t believe it!

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Well, we’ll be back next year, I am sure, but in the meantime, the photos and memories will have to get us through the winter! Bye beach! See you soon!

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