I'm on BEACH time.

I have no idea what day it is.  I'm using the sun to try to figure out what time it is.  My biggest problem right now is that my tea is too far away for me to reach it.  Beach time is gooooood.

I asked each person what was the BEST thing about this beach trip.  Here are our favorites:

JOE:

Deep Sea Fishing was a first for us this time.  Six hours out on the water...... We left early in the morning just as the sun was coming up and went WAY, WAAAAY out..... Although the Maxer got a bit queasy, we all had a lot of fun. You see all those big fish behind the boys' heads?  Well, they caught them.  Red snapper.  A LOT of Red Snapper.  Then, our new friend Jesse cut them all up for us, and now they're sitting on ice in our cooler over there.  I have no CLUE what to do with them, but we got em!

JACK:

Very fitting that Jack's favorite beach experience has to do with food.  The boy ate his WEIGHT in shrimp over the last few days..... This yummy shrimp boil was put on by Joe's company last night.  It was GREAT.  When Jack noticed this particular spread, he did exactly what his Dad does in situations like this..... he whipped out his phone as fast as he could and started snapping pictures for Facebook!   Jack can now peel and eat shrimp faster than you can say BUBBA GUMP.

MAX:

Did you see this one coming?  Indeed.  Max's favorite thing about the beach?  The Claw.  Oh, dear.  He seems to be convinced that there is some "skill" that needs to be perfected and calmly tries to explain to us that he can't "practice" those skills if we don't give him more money to put into the thing.  I then calmly explain to him that there ain't no WAY that we're plugging any more money into that machine.  It's. A. Ripoff.  I don't care if you did see someone win something once at the Piccadilly.  You're done.

MIKKI:

Do you see these people?  THEY are my favorite thing about the beach.  I like taking pictures of them. I like burying them in the sand.  I like hanging out with them.  I like getting ice cream with them.  I like riding in big boats with them.  I like eating shrimp with them.  I like jumping waves with them.  I like watching the sun set with them.  I like them.

Here's a few more shots of my three favorite beach things......

And the picture that I must get every time......

Thank you, Beach.  We had fun.