Sunday Snapshot - Re Entry...

is SO hard!
It always is when we go to "our" beach,

but this time...

it seemed harder than ever and I am trying to figure out why.

We had fun,

so much fun...

but we always do.

Maybe it was because the kids are older

and easier?  Nah, it was probably the Margaritas!!  Hehe!

Maybe it is because there was no Wii or X box or Internet!  Gulp!

Maybe it was because I read a really good book and I never get to read a really good book or any book for that matter! More on that later!  This book warrants it's own post!

I do know, however, that I enjoyed our kids tremendously and I enjoyed our time together and I enjoyed just - slowing - down! 

We water skied,

even the forty (yikes) seven year old mother of 5 busted some moves out there!  

I couldn't move the next day but boy was it fun!!

We rode the tube

and the knee board

We had fun at the beach

and crabbed off the dock

and after seeing my 5 year old princess baiting the crab hooks like an old pro, I knew there was lowcountry blood running through her veins!

I don't bait hooks but she sure does!  She would make her Gada proud!

Through God's grace and my wonderfully generous parents, my family has been able to come to this beach, our beach ever since I was a baby.  There are a lot of memories there and to see my kids playing on the same beach and the same dock that I played on as a child just fills my soul!

I hope to one day bring my grandchildren there and think about the times spent running and playing and building memories with their parents! 

I soak this beach up and it is so very hard to leave, to go back to the reality of schedules and responsibilities.

So one of these days, if you can't find me, you'll know where to look...

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