Scenes from our weekend...

We were home in HB this weekend because a guy we went to high school with unexpectedly passed away, and we came back for the services.  I've never seen rain like we had on Friday night…it was like a monsoon.  Seriously, it didn't rain that hard during any hurricane I've ever experienced!  That night, I went to the wake with James and Jess (Jon was stuck in RVC because of the weather)…thank goodness they had a tent outside, because there were so many people there and it took us like 30 min to even get inside.  So sad, but so nice to see such a turnout…the owner of the home estimated that 2500 people came to the wakes, and said he'd never seen anything like it.  HB at its finest!

On Saturday, it was still a little windy, but we got a glimpse of summer :)  We tried to go to the ocean, but it was much too windy, so we ended up at Melissa's beach.  The kids had a blast just exploring and finding snails and "baby fish" (really those little bugs that swim in the shallow water).  Here are a bunch of pictures!

Love when they play side by side like this :)

Such a beautiful town

Cuties

Charlotte introducing me to "Bailey" the snail-y haha

Rounding up the snails!  Henry was calling them "hermit crabs"…too funny.

Daddy was on a quest to find horseshoe crabs for some reason :)

Another find!

My loves

Such a ham

The kids were pestering us to go swimming from the second we arrived, but because the big pool still isn't ready, we took out the "baby pool" haha.  They certainly didn't seem to mind!

Henry getting wild!

He kept twisting his body so he would flip over like a turtle on his back haha.  Still freaks out when he gets his face wet though.

Charlotte was even wetting her face.  Big steps here, folks, big steps!

Playing with Picframe again.  My loves.

This morning, we decided to go to the bay and go fishing (Charlotte's got the bug after her catfish extravaganza a few weeks ago).  Here she is holding our frozen bait, which mommy wouldn't even do.  Gross haha.

Mini-explorers at work again.  Henry was digging for hermit crabs :)

The bridge from the other side…equally as gorgeous :)

Waiting for a nibble (didn't happen, unfortunately)

Making sandcastles

"Mommy, tum! Tum! Tum!" (that's "come" in Henry speak).  He wanted to show me that he found a dead crab haha

Beautiful day

Going off to try fishing in the little "river"

No fish, but they did get some fiddler crabs!  They wanted to take them home haha.

Watching over the crabs

And because this is so normal, just a shot of Henry on the baby potty…in my parents' hallway haha.  Not sure how that got out there.  Or why he decided he wanted to go on the potty (because we aren't potty training yet), but I thought it was quite the scene :)

Xoxoxo

Beach Club Living?!

Everyone who knows us knows how much we love the beach, and how much time we spend there during the summer (and fall, and spring, and even in the winter sometimes!).  We love the beaches where we grow up, but since we aren't going to spend the entire summer in HB anymore, we need a beach alternative near our house.  So this year, for the first time, we joined a beach club…it is what everyone does in our area, and I figured it would give me some options during the week, so we went ahead and did it.  To say that Jon is skeptical would be a major understatement haha.  He hasn't been all that excited about it, but I am hoping he will come around :)

The weather hasn't really cooperated, unfortunately, so we hadn't made it down there yet, but we decided to try it out last weekend.  It was incredibly windy though, so we actually never went down to the beach.  Once the kids saw this kiddie pool, that was it…they weren't interested in going anywhere!  They played in the pool for about an hour and a half, while I sat on the bench wrapped in a sweater and towel haha.  I have a feeling this is pretty much where I am going to spend a lot of my days…sitting right on the bright yellow bench next to the kiddie pool :)

The kids were so excited to hit up the ice cream shop!  All bundled up :)

Kisses for daddy

My boys

Silly.  No doubt Henry was telling "knock knock" jokes haha

We left about 45-50 minutes after Henry's nap time, and he was exhausted.  After we got them in the car, Jon said "Henry will be asleep in 20 seconds" and started counting.  He got to 2 before I turned around and saw this :)

And his big sister didn't take much longer!  Busy day :)

 

So I know that it isn't what we are used to, and we still haven't even made it to the beach there, but I think it will end up being fun for the kids this summer.  We shall see! :)

Xoxoxo

Meet Lovey :)

Meet the newest member of our family, Lovey the beta fish.  Lovey is a male fish, despite his very feminine name haha.  And the kids love him.  Charlotte even suggested that Uncle Ray "come over and have a play date" with Lovey :)

I am just petrified he is going to die on my watch, haha.  Poor Lovey :)

Xoxoxo