Every morning this week I've gone for a nice walk on the beach all by myself.
It's been very peaceful, even if I have felt a little guilty taking some "me" time. I brought Ziploc bags with me on my walks so I could collect shells to commemorate Tyler and Evan's first trip to the ocean. I will have to figure out some way to display them, or store them away safely. They will probably be no big deal to them, but I've felt compelled to do it. My walks might be what I miss most when we leave here tomorrow. I am anxious to get back to our own surroundings, with the boys back in their own cribs, and back to my own dishwasher!! Funny how you can miss such a thing, but the dishwashers here (there are two) are terrible! And I'm grateful that it is a holiday weekend so I'll have two days to recover before returning to work!
On the second night we were here, we had a professional photographer come to take family portrait photos on the beach. It was a great experience, and the pictures came out beautifully. Yesterday, my mom, my mother-in-law Fay, my sister-in-law Ashley, her mother-in-law Daphne, and I went to the studio to look at all the pictures and pick out the ones we wanted to order. It was not easy!! I bought two prints of my clan, and a montage of four pictures of the boys, and I spent more money than I had a right to. As Mitch reads this, I'm sure he's wondering just how much I spent, but sorry honey, I don't plan to tell you. The bottom line is that the pictures are beautiful and I see this as a one time deal. And I know I'm going to get my money's worth. I really wanted to do Christmas cards as well, but those were ridiculously expensive. So this afternoon, we got back into our picture clothes and had our own little photo shoot on the benches at the top of the walkway to the beach. The quality won't be as good, and I don't have the ability to do any of the "touching up", but I think the cards will be nice just the same. Here are a couple of shots from today's photo shoot - without showing you the one I chose for the cards because I want you all to be surprised when you receive them :)!!
And here are some shots from a trip to the neighborhood playground this afternoon:
Time to pack up the laptop now and head off to sleep. A lot to do in the morning (we have to be out by 10:00 a.m.!!!), and a long drive ahead of us.
1 comment:
Hi Karen and Mitch, sounds like you all had a good time. Photos are great, look forward to the card. Love from terry.
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