Beach Time

 

The weather was warming up nicely and the water was still too cold in the pool for us to get in, so we decided to take a trip or 2 to the beach.

Let me start by saying that I am not a beach person. I know, we live so close to the beach and there are so many people that would love to live at the beach, but I’m not a fan of all the sand and the stickiness that comes with the beach. I think since we have been married, I have gone to the beach about 1 (maybe 2 times) each year.

      

We met and surpassed that quota in the month of April. We ended up going just the 3 of us one Saturday and spent a few hours there. Ava played so good and the weather was absolutely wonderful. It was warm enough, but not to the point you sweated when sitting outside, especially with a nice breeze that came off the ocean.

Another Sunday afternoon, we went with my parents. Dad has always dug these holes for us growing up. I remember him digging one so deep I fit all the way in it- over my head! So he dug one for Ava.

At first she didn’t know what to think, usually you try to avoid holes, right?! But she quickly learned to like it.

He eventually dug another, smaller one, joining them together so she could have a seat in her hole. She liked throwing the sand back on her feet.

We also went back on another Saturday with my parents for a couple of hours. Ava isn’t crazy about the water, and she wouldn’t ever get closer than about 3 feet from the water line. She wanted to take the ‘surfboard’ out to the water, but changed her mind and started running back up to our chairs. She is a timid child :)

Adam took a fishing pole and bait- I know some people love fishing, but I hate it. There are too many other things I would rather be doing than sitting there waiting on something to happen- it’s just like hunting in my book (I know I’m in the minority around these parts- haha!) There was a little excitement on this particular day for Adam. He caught a shark! And here is the scary part, it was in about 3  foot water!

He and Dad ended up flipping it off the hook and letting him swim back in the water- maybe he will stay away from the shoreline?!