Saturday, May 19, 2012

Let The Countdown Begin

It is less than a week until our annual trip to the beach.  The trip where my sisters and I and our Mom, and a few husbands and all 8 of our kids, pack up our cars and drive 6 hours to our spot at the ocean.

This will be Baby R's first trip, and it will be our 10th trip.  You'd think it would get old, since we do the SAME thing every year, down to what we eat for dinner the first night, but it doesn't.

I'm still as excited as the first time, when it was just my sisters and I and my two kids, crammed into our car, waving goodbye and hitting the open road.  Maybe more so, since I know how good the fish and chips at Norma's are, and how wonderful the sand feels under my bare feet, and how much fun we have late at night, after we put the little ones to bed and the older folks visit and laugh until we can't move.

I've looked at the forecast, and it's full of rain showers, but that is how it always is.  And we like it that way!  You can't say you are a true PNW beach lover if you can't love it in the rain.

Seaside 2006

We make look like this while we're enjoying it, but as you can tell by the grins on our faces, we are loving it!

9 comments:

  1. that is awesome--our family has been going for years also--although we have missed the last couple of years---wonderful picture and tradition!

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  2. I love your family's traditions!! It is neat too how you always eat at the same place the first night; special memories indeed! What a great getaway; enjoy!

    betty

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  3. Count me jealous - what I wouldn't give to have my sister and my nieces to myself for a week at the beach!

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  4. There is nothing better than a beach, I don't care how many times you go. I'm jealous too.

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  5. Anytime at the beach is a good time!

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  6. I love that we are not the only ones who sit on a beach wrapped up :-)

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  7. We start getting excited about our trip every January...and as the weeks go by bringing us closer to the end of May, we get giddy when we gather and a talk about our plans! I think it's so cool that our kids, from almost 17 to almost 3, are as excited to go as we are. Our trip doesn't get old.

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  8. We are counting down here! So excited for Norma'a, taffy, and time together! Boys are giddy!

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