As always, it was so great to have such special time with the Haenni's. We love this annual trip to the beach with them -- we have our own houses, in the same little community -- so we get lots of friend time, but still really good family time. (Williams/Hulls - you must join us next year!)
The boys LOVED the water this year. They loved the pool water (as always) and loved the beach too. The loved jumping in the waves, playing in the little streams, boogie boarding.
They started the week out wearing their rain boots down to the ocean. They liked warming up to the sand and having super clean feet as soon as it was time to go.
By the middle/end of the week they'd relaxed a bit. Noah was wearing flip-flops, Griffin wore his crocs, and Miles toughed it out and went barefoot (he'd rather the hot sand on his feet than sand stuck in his crocs).
On the second day of our trip there was a 4th of July golf cart parade. The boys watched it from our fence.
We spent hours at the beach it day. It was hot. It was crowded. But we set up our "home base/tent" and hung out in the water. It was perfect.
Noah spent time each day practicing his light sabor moves. I didn't realize what he was doing at first. Mike picked up on it right away.
We went back to the beach after dinner. The beach was a little quieter. The temperature was a little cooler.
Mike's mom joined us for a couple of days/nights. It was so great to have her there/spend time with her. The kids loved playing twister one afternoon. (Sorry, Peggy, this is the only picture I got of you!)
We spent one afternoon with the Haenni's at the boardwalk playing games, riding rides. Noah opted not to go so he and Peggy stayed home to watch Star Wars and make rice crispy treats.
With Mike on the road so much for work, one of the things we really appreciate is having our family together for the entire week. No flights. No conference calls (well, no more than one or two quick ones). No outside distractions.
I like having my hub to be in-kahoots with.
And, does it get much better than daddy-time like this?
Its perfect.
There are some more pictures on my flickr page. I also made a video of our trip. Would love to spend more time rearranging/splicing/dicing, but we're leaving for another beach trip with my family tomorrow and if I don't wrap this last trip up before we leave, it will surely take 6 more months to get it posted. :)
WH Beach Trip from Brooke Brown on Vimeo.
