Making New Beach Memories...

When we were growing up as kids, my parents took us to the beach as often as they could! Aw yes, the good old days! My dad teaching us how to dig for sand crabs, my sisters and I diving through waves, and of course burying my little brother in the sand. He loved it! Remember when little girls bathing suits were, well...for little girls. Nothing like walking around with a suit FULL of sand! Gone are the days of sitting in that big sink while mom rinsed ya down and put you in your warm dry clothes. Back then, a day at the beach was about sand in your soda, string cheese, staying in the water till you were numb and throwing a dog on a hanger! Just a bunch of families hanging out on the beach having a good time! You didn't have to be so concerned or worried with what was going on next to you. Back then people were, whats the word....oh, COURTEOUS! Now a days, we pay quarters for warm water to shower, kids wear less and less fabric (amazed at some of the "suits" girls wear these days), people will drop their goods and sit pretty much on top of you and your constantly covering your kids ears from the too casual and said too often f-bombs flying left and right. Sigh... Call me old school, traditional, whatever...I just miss the good old days sometimes. None the less, our family is carrying on our beach tradition! Except now we all have kids of our own :) Nothing like watching "Papa" show our little ones how to dig up a quality sand crab! Or shoving them off on their first boogie board ride. And of course their is nothing better then taking your little one on their very first beach trip and seeing their reaction to those big waves. Ending the day with some good times around the bonfire, jokes, food, music and a game (So glad Jason FINALLY got to "Come to our picnic" LOLOL), is what its all about! We all are grown up now, but there is one thing for sure..when we all are together, we are still "Woodge, Stinky, Tooie and Bones-Boy" The list has just gotten somewhat larger, haha... "Papa, Gramma, Woodge, Fern, Stinky, Full-House, Tooie, Jaybo, Bones-Boy, T, Goose, Bubba, Weenie, Toots, Dooie, Moose, Chubba & Doodie" ...till we add another to our every growing list, here are some pics of our good time :)

Was the Perfect Day.