“Don't grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” -- Michelle Held

This was really only Callie's first trip to the beach, but Kailyn & Holden don't remember when they went because they were so little. We were excited when we moved knowing we would be less than two hours from a beach! Holden has been asking for two things since he has been two years old- 1. To play football 2. To go to the beach. Growing up in Southern CA I never dreamed I would have to tell my kids that we have to take a vacation to see the beach, but living in NW Arkansas and Tulsa Oklahoma that is how you make it to the beach. Now that we live in The Woodlands Texas it's just a drive over- how cool is that?!?!?! We missed going to the beach when we took our trip to Disney World in February because Kailyn got a case of sun poisoning the day before we were supposed to go...so today May 29, 2011 was the day we were going to make it to the beach! It was much to my surprise a wonderful day. The kids LOVED it and had a BLAST. They would have stayed in the water all day if they could have. We jumped waves, through seaweed at each other, built sandcastles, buried Holden, dug for crabs, found seashells and even did a little body surfing. It was a perfect day! We were there about 4 1/2 hours the kids wanted to stay longer, but we decided best to go and good thing we did because both Chip & I are burnt bad and my raccoon eyes are crazy. I must say Chip got it the worst (I told him to put on sunscreen, but would he listen to me? No). The kids kept saying they want to move to the beach...so I would say our first trip was a success:)!! Today is the pool- much more my style...no sand that stuff gets everywhere and stays forever:) Oh, well I must admit I had just as much fun as the kids!