Our Beach...

This summer Mason and I spent quite a bit of time at our little beach this summer. I wanted to build in times when we could be around the water, but not PUSH what we'd been learning in swim lessons. Besides, the beach is just plain FUN! We can swim in a pool year round thanks to the gym, but we CAN'T swim at the beach year round! A park fairly close to our home has a kid-friendly protected area sectioned off, so it's nice and safe for family fun. It certainly lets mom relax a little more and gives Mason a tiiiiiiny bit of independence at the beach! Something that certainly would NOT exist if it was just an open beach on the lake. And Mason LOVES it. He can't get enough... in fact, there are times when that's a problem. He doesn't want to leave! We'll miss it when the weather changes, but for now we can probably sneak in another trip or two before the weather changes for good!

Top Sail Trip

This past summer Joseph and I had the rare opportunity to go away for a few days together with a few friends of ours. This group, The Haute Mommas (and their haute counterparts), is a group of women I've known online since I was pregnant with the boys. We met on Babycenter.com in a group for people having twins in the same month and have managed to keep in touch over the years. Last year the ladies met up in Hot Springs for a girls' weekend. This year we decided to bring the guys along and hit the beach in North Carolina. We spent 4 glorious days enjoying the (fairly rough) surf, sun (a wee bit too much for some of us!), naps, food, and a certain blue chair. :o) We rented a house on the beach and, though, it was very close quarters, we all got along famously! The weather was fantastic - early 90's with a fair amount of wind. It's fair to say that we never wanted to leave, but we were all ready to see our children by the end of the trip!