Summer and the Livin' is easy

We returned on Saturday from another trip to the beach. We went to St Simon's with the Lipscomb family. I had great plans about posting beautiful pictures but we did not have time for photos. What --no time for photos, let me explain. We left Tuesday morning with 7 passengers and a very full car. When I say full I mean our feet don't touch the floor and the kids must arrange themselves in the vehicle like a tetras puzzle. We managed to get down there and surprise Melanie with Sarah in our car. She came along for the fun or to discourage her from having kids too early, which we are sure she already knew was not a great plan because she is smarter than any 19 year old I know but still. Everyone was surprised and the fun began. Many trips to the beach, an outing for lunch just the girls, a fishing expedition just the boys, eating and more eating, etc... But this sounds like everyone's normal vacation until you find out that this crew includes 8 children 7 adults and a dog. It is not that easy to even get this many people out a door, no less anywhere together. We managed to keep 8 children mostly happy and that is why we did not have any extra hands to take pictures. When it ws time to pack up, we realized we could have been much faster had we turned on the music earlier, well except we also stalled and then realized next year there will have to be dancing lessons. Anyway memories were made and the 8 children returned from the trip with no sunburn so success was ours. Thanks to Matt and Mel for including us in their family vacation and we loved it. Thursday will be thirteen things Keaton learned to eat on his vacation trip. If you have strong feelings about what 18 month old kids should be eating, might avoid this post. It begins with lobster.