A chilly Friday at the beach

We had a gorgeous week of summer like weather while we were at the beach, up until Friday when it turned gray and overcast.  We took the girls on another 'venture, and after lunch with Greg's friends from college, we went to check out the fish.  They were actually kind of freaky... they were so used to being fed by people that the fish would pile on top of each other and you could see their mouths and eyes up on the surface.

We found another playground.

And then we found the dune buggies.  I wasn't sure if they were going to like them ... or if they were going to freak out and start screaming and trying to climb out as soon as it started.  The carousel (earlier in the week) was really their first "ride," and even though they kept trying to take our hands off of them on the carousel, there was always an adult right next to them.  But they loved it!  They mostly wanted to honk the horns.

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We found some 'mingoes.

We found another carousel.

And, as if that weren't enough 'venture for one day, we took the girls for their first round of miniature golf after dinner.  It was pretty funny.  Every time someone hit a ball, the girls would go chase it and pick it up and bring it back to us.  They would hit them from wherever they wanted to, and then they'd pick up the ball and set it right next to the hole and hit it in.  I'll admit it was nice to have 3 little people so close to the ground and intent on picking up all of the balls.

E, J, R

Daddy gets some pointers from the ladies.

Papa and Becca

It started going downhill after a few holes, when Emma started running back and forth between holes.  When her golf club eventually became a vacuum cleaner.  When the rocks became more interesting than the golf course.  When we were following around 3 dirty diapers.  But oh so funny.

First Carousel Ride

Our first vacation "'venture."


Actually, it was their second ride. The first one was on the same ride, right before dinner. You can ignore my dad's comment about Becca having a "bug up her butt."

But this little thing (at an outlet mall, don't judge) was just a warm up.

Then we moved on to the real carousel (which went surprisingly fast and was surprisingly difficult to walk around on while moving and trying to get pictures of all of your kids). Oh, they loved it. Loved, loved, loved.

Don't let that poker face fool you. Emma was loving it. Just taking it very seriously.

This is Rebecca's "i-don't-know-what's-going-on-right-now-or-if-i'm-going-to-like-it" look that she got the first time it started up.

Julie and Papa

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J. "Is she smiling?"