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Staying Cool In The South • 06.27.11

The South: The heat and humidity can become annoyingly unbearable in the summer, temperatures rising way over 100 degrees. To stay cool and enjoy our summer vacation we have decided to spend lots of much needed time in the cold refreshing waters. Mommies and Daddies get to relax and kiddos are able to release wild energies that are built up and have a blast in the process.

It was very entertaining to watch the boy’s play with Jacob’s new flippers. Isaac spent most of the day using them as paddles on his hands while riding his tube. Jacob tried them for a short period and decided today wasn’t the day to learn (water guns were way more exciting). Israel or should I say “Scuba Steve”, (lol) swam around the pool like a wild shark amusing us girls (Piper, Violet & I)

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Family Beach Trip – Arrival • 07.19.10

Today we left for our family vacation at the beach. We had plans to be in bed early and on the road by four so that we could get the kids out of bed, still sleeping, drive most of the early morning and arrive around lunch with an afternoon of swimming to look forward to. But after finally getting into bed somewhere near three-thirty four didn’t sound so appealing. We did eventually get on the road but not until after nine. Not too far down the road, right before pulling onto the expressway, Carol was curious if I shut the garage door. Of course I did…right? We had to go back into the house several times for this or that prior to leaving and neither of us could remember if we shut the door the final time. We called in a favor and the thought paid off – sure enough I had left the door wide open to the world.

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