Our trip to Holden beach in August was a much needed taste of normal life. It started with a few days at Mimi and Grumpa's house. Grumpa has all sorts of new Keto cooking skills and we got to sample his world renowned yogurt and chocolates.
My kids absolutely adore their Mimi an Grumpa. Isaac is no exception!
This happy little dude sucks up the attention. He is so chill that he gets left to roll around contentedly a lot at our house, but he is oh so quick to smile and laugh when anyone comes to play with him.
Annie "sleeping" on the drive to the beach.
We spent a lot of time chilling on this deck watching the ocean! This was our first time getting a beach front property, and my parents say they are hooked. It was SO convenient being able to look out the window and see who all was down at the beach. It made it so that we didn't have to coordinate everyone's comings and goings and everyone could just come and go more casually.
It was hard to pick out the best picture of Isaac with his Grumpa. These two both greatly enjoy chilling together.
He needed some ventilation
Ok just one more because I love these people. Also notice Breezy playing her kalimba in the background.
This girl loves her accessories
Morgan is an excellent cook!
For the past several years, the Johnsons have crashed the Blood's reunions at Holden Beach. This year none of the Bloods were planning on going- but due to shifting Covid plans some Bloods were able to come too! Timmy stayed with us and Jonny and Megan rented a house across the street with some of their friends. It was a great arrangement.
Not a great picture, but proof that the Maryland Bloods were there. This was when Seth was recovering from a Jellyfish sting.
I do love me some games. My current favorite is Ramshackle Rover, another Max creation.
Look at this champ making things work. Breezy's life has been rocked this year by a fibromyalgia diagnosis. This was the first time we have seen her sweet new crutches.
Breezy had a couple of days where she felt good enough to boogie board! Also, this was the first year that Elliot was willing to legitimately boogie board. I was very impressed with him- he kept going even after some good wipe outs. Both Annie and Elliot were big fans of wave jumping this year, even when the waves were so big we had to lift them over our heads. It was a wee bit exhausting but lots of fun.
Me with a catch of sand crabs. I legitimately want to fry and eat some next year. No one else has been persuaded that this is a good idea.
There were some very talented sand art craftsman down the beach
2020 has been a turbulent time for a lot of our loved ones, but a lot of good has come from it too.
Clam with a volleyball pearl
Timmy with the beginnings of his village constructed out of washed up reeds. Eventually a huge temple ornamented with crab claws was added around where he was standing along with several other homes. We kept seeing people stop to take pictures of it.
Max and Morgan did a great job of parenting Annie for a week.
Isaac... we don't deserve Isaac. He napped on the beach every day. I nursed him and put him on a beach chair in the shade next to the chatting grown ups, and he would conk out for a couple of hours.
Contrary from what you would think from this delightfully awkward picture, Aaron and Elliot are great buds. They spent a ton of time building castles with cannons to defend them from the waves.
Aaron persuaded Grandma Blood to give him this "Magic Multiplication" board last time he visited her. He passed it on to Elliot, who played with it for days and made it into this pretend laptop. And this is why Aaron and Elliot get along so well.
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