The Perfect Day

We had the best day yesterday. We left our house around 9 and drove to Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. The kids have flown over the Atlanta a few times, but it was there first time seeing and stepping in the Atlantic Ocean. It was an easy, but kind of expensive, couple hour drive. Thank God for EZ-Pass. We stopped for lunch and a little shopping at an LL Bean outlet and then hit the beach. The weather was perfect - beautiful blue skies, 70 degrees with a cool breeze. I had the kids dressed in shorts, short sleeve shirts and jackets to begin with, but Dan had on pants and long sleeves. If Dan thinks it's going to be cold and covers up, you need to pay attention. I changed all of us into pants. We were a little over dressed, but there were some seriously crazy people under dressed in bathings suits getting in the frigid water. Crazy! Next time, I'm bringing an alternate set of clothing.

Anyway, the state part was really nice. It has easy, short hiking trails and bike trails all over it. We are going to try tent camping there soon. Stay tuned for that post. It might turn out to be a comedy of errors, but it sounds fun now!

We spent almost 3 hours on the beach digging a humungous hole, throwing a frisbee and playing in the surf. I haven't had that much fun in a long time.

I even impressed Dan with my frisbee throwing skills :p. Jaelyn is the one with skills. She can throw and catch the frisbee almost as well as me and Dan. Caden got in a few good throws, but wild child Allie was, well, wild!

We were sad to leave the beach, but we knew the kids would be hungry and we had a 2 hour drive home. Dan cracked me up with his unevenly rolled wet jeans and his white socks. I'll let the picture speak for itself!

We got home a little after 8. We went straight in and put the kids to bed. It was a perfect day. Thanks for planning it, Dan!

I've discovered the continuous mode on my camera. All I have to do it focus, hold down the shutter and it keeps taking pictures until I move my finger. It's been great for capturing action shots and for getting that perfect 1 shot out of the bunch. I took literally 450 pictures yesterday, of which I saved 68 good ones. Here are a few of my favorites...