Chad was offered a condo in Garden City... yes please.
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We decided to get away for the weekend as a good bye to football season 2013. The condo turned out to to be ocean front and a perfect place for a weekend get away.
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| On our way back home. Shep was mad bc I made him get out of the warm car. |
It is amazing how even with free lodging and eating in 3 meals that we still wound up spending about $500, but it was worth it.
When we got there on Friday this was the view from the condo unit.
The boys wanted to go down and test out the water, it was quite chilly. We did convince them to just put their feet in.
The view of the beach at 5:00 pm on Friday
The view of the beach at 10:00 am on Saturday. Got to say love how we owned the beach.
The shells were awesome as well... none of those pesky tourists :)
The wildlife was also amazing. I bet the birds and other animals love this time of year when people are gone. The birds looked so happy... except for the one below. He looks quite dead. We saw a ton of dolphins (or some other type of dolphiny things). The jellyfish were also around, the one below was so pretty (if pretty could describe a jellyfish).
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| Dolphin fin |
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On Saturday, we went down to the beach and told the boys to dig in the sand and put their feet in the water if they wanted. Well, Shepherd all but dove into the ocean. Once his brothers saw that he survived they all got in and played in the frigid water for a good 15 minutes. Chad and I were amazed. Bennett loved crawling in the sand and kept making a beeline to the ocean. He desperately wanted in too.
I tried to convince Hunter that we had already seen a lot of sea animals and a $65 trip to Ripley's Aquarium was not needed, but he disagreed so we went. And though it was cool, it was not worth $65. But here are the pics.
The boys taking the conveyer belt through the shark tank...... Bennett was mesmerized by the sharks
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| Imagine that swimming in the ocean with you.. eek! |
This was probably my favorite... these Pacific Jellyfish. They light up and are beautiful.
The Mermaid show... it was kind of weird in my opinion. But Shepherd fell asleep on my lap... more on that later.
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| Out like a light |
My animal lover totally enthralled.
We finished up this busy Saturday with a quick round of Putt Putt because who can go to the beach and not Putt Putt?!?! And then a nice dinner at a seafood place. It was a busy but fun day!
THE BAD
Thankfully the good totally outweighed the bad. But, our first night was a comical one. First, Bennett did not sleep good last week... add a pack n play to that and a place he had never been plus being totally wound up and mercy...
But enough on his rough night. Shepherd has been 100% potty trained for close to 2 years. But, I guess he had a poop explosion in his sleep because he woke up and... words just cant describe. For the record, this has NEVER happened. So, at 10:30, he got a full bath, I cleaned a tub, scrubbed carpet, washed out poopy pants, and put him in Hunter's pants all while Chad wanted to gag. haha. Bless his heart., he then woke up at 5 and needed to pee and I dont think he went back to sleep so it really is no wonder that he fell asleep during the mermaid show.
Everyone slept perfectly on Saturday night though, probably because we wore them out and switched sleeping arrangements a bit.
Overall though, we all felt refreshed and totally amazed with God's creation.
Bring on Thanksgiving!!!
I love the beach in the off season. It's so peaceful! Glad you guys had a great trip.
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