perfect summer morning

Tuesday morning Jamie and I packed up the kids and headed to Jordan Lake nearby. I grew up going there but I was always there on Saturdays when it was packed with millions of kids, sagging diapers, and middle aged ladies wearing glitter bikinis.

When we got there it was beautiful, and quiet and we almost had the whole beach to ourselves. 

It.was.perfect. Jamie and I were pinching ourselves at having such an idyllic setting. The water was cool and shallow and the kids played so nicely without having to worry about waves coming in and wrecking their sand creations. I basically spent the whole morning alternating between floating around, eating fluffernutter sandwhiches, and praying that naptime wouldn't come too soon so we wouldn't have to leave.

Sweet Annie floating with a life vest suit on, in a zebra float, holding onto a boogie board. You can never be too safe :o) This was her doing, not Jamies.

Cole picked right back where he left off throwing shells in the waves at the beach, and spent 2 hours throwing rocks into the water. It never gets old.

We bided our time there splashing and sunning until Noah and Cole started objecting to delayed naps.

Then I had to convince Fin to "surf" his way to shore and we packed up and left.

We loved it so much we vowed to go back next week. And before we left I did see an older lady spilling out of her bikini several times over, proving that some things never change :o)