Our Day Off

A few pics from our day at Terrapin Beach yesterday.

A Day Off

Since it was such a beautiful day today, Andy decided to let the kids have a day off of school. This picture shows how Connor spent some of his morning. LOL Actually, he was helping me out while I did a little work. After lunch, we all headed to Terrapin Beach and spent some time playing in the sand. What a gorgeous day to be outside! Hard to believe it's November and the temps are near 70 degrees.

We received Alex's first quarter report today. He did great...made 2nd Honors with 4 A's & 3 B's. It was touch and go for a while there with his Chemistry grade but he was able to squeak out a B. ;) Way to go Alex!

Beautiful Day

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day. After oversleeping and missing getting the kids to Sunday school, I decided that there was no way I was letting them stay inside all day in front of the tv playing games. Alex, Connor, Bekah, Keari, Adam and I all headed to Terrapin Beach for a nice walk...the rest of the kids went with Andy to Virginia for Kenzie's softball tournament (her team ended up losing the first game 3-1 so they were done for the day but decided to stay to watch her old team play). Here's a few pics from our walk today. Pictures aren't the best because they are from my cell phone. I had my camera with me but the batteries decided to die just as I took the first picture.

Family Walk

It was another beautiful evening so after dropping Alex off at youth group, the rest of us headed to terrapin beach. This time I had Kearsyn, Bekah, Kenzie, Tay, Ty & Connor along for the walk. We had a good time...found some toads along the way...got to solve a maze that some had drawn in the sand. As you can see, the kids were being their normal goofball selves. LOL

This is the view we saw as we were leaving the bay and heading back to our van. I was teasing the kids that if we didn't hurry we were going to get locked in the park because it closes at sunset. That got the older ones hurrying but it did nothing to get Bekah moving. She was quite content to meander along looking at the toads, swans, bugs and whatever else we happened to see along the way. By the time we made it back to that parking lot, we were the only vehicle left. The kids were much relieved when we made it to the exit and found it still open although they had locked off the incoming lane, although I think they were secretly hoping that we'd be stuck because they were already making plans on how to get out through the locked gate...none of which would have been good for our van. Glad I didn't have to implement any of their plans. LOL

A Beautiful Night

Tonight was a beautiful night. Kenzie had softball practice in Easton so Andy took her, Ty, Connor and Bekah. That left Alex, Tay and Kearsyn with me. Alex had youth group so after dropping him off, Tay, Keari and I headed for Terrapin Beach. Talk about a gorgeous night for a walk along the beach and through the woods. I really think Tay enjoyed his time with mommy and is already talking about doing it again. Afterwards, we stopped for ice cream and ate it while we waited for Alex to get done. All in all, a wonderful way to spend the 1 1/2hrs that Alex was in youth group instead of doing the normal drop off, run home, run back and hr later.