6 Things About the Beach

I did a little work on the blogging app tonight to no avail so I'm trying what I tried last night. Update...It worked great tonight! Minimal time spent.

1) We cooked at our condo two nights during the trip. Our motivation was not having to come in early from the beach and get ready. And also, not having to get ready at all. It didn't hurt that everything was so expensive. I never thought I would be a 'cook at the beach' kind of person, but we really enjoyed it. We had a shrimp boil one night and steak, potatoes, and salad the other. We will definitely do it again the next time and maybe even three nights. The amount of groceries we bought was ridiculous, but we ended up eating almost all of it!

2) The water was rough and full of seaweed half the trip and beautifully clear the other half. The rough days were fun, but the clear days were beautiful. The water was the perfect temperature too. Carson had zero fear of the ocean. Darrin and I have a healthy fear of the water, so we kept Carson as close as possible. The waves would pound him and he would jump up and keep going. 

3) Miles played corn hole for hours every day. I do believe he and Nate could win some tournaments together. We talked about finding them some to compete in because they loved it so much. The boards took up a lot of room in the truck bed, but it was worth the Jenga that we had to play to make it work.

4) Both boys loved playing blitz ball on the beach. All the kids on the beach would join in and play until the sun went down. Carson held his own with the big kids. 

5) Carson did not like digging and playing in the sand like I thought he would. He was all about the water, blitz ball, and watching Darrin play corn hole. Darrin played a lot of corn hole with his friends too. The boys only got in the pool twice during the trip and Darrin and I never got in. My goal was to spend all of our time at the beach, since we have a pool at home, and we succeeded. It was all about the ocean/beach for us.

6) Miles' girlfriend came with one of the baseball boy's twin sister. They pretty much did their own thing, but talked some and got together for an occasional picture. 

We had a good amount of free time in addition to lots of hot, successful baseball. It was a great trip. There was a heat advisory, but that also meant tons of sunshine and warm water, so I loved it. I think the trip exceeded expectations for all four of us. So many memories made with our family and with our friends.