A day at the beach!

The girls, Laura, and I spent a day at the beach on Thursday last week. We went to Wrightsville beach, which is right outside Wilmington, NC. It took about a 2 hour drive to get there, but once there it was a great day. Brennen doesn't necessarily like the salt water & sticky sand, so he opted to stay home & go to his drum-line rehearsal that he had that evening.

We had sunshine, and a little breeze the whole time. We took some boogie boards and road the waves. Sarah & Keri were naturals! They were able to catch quite a few & ride all the way into the shore - and by the afternoon when the tide rose a bit, they almost road waves right up to Laura & I under the beach umbrellas.

The girls had a great time playing in the sand and examining the shells that had washed up on shore.

After the two hour ride home, we were wiped out & started to notice the sun burns. Thank Heavenly Father for creating an Aloe Vera plant that could be used to make after-sun lotion!!

A chip off the old block...

Brennen has taken up drums!

Near the end of the school year, the percussion teacher at the high school, probably in a recruiting effort, offered to give after school group lessons to anyone that wanted to learn. Brennen jumped in and was a natural! After we talked to his teacher together & told him of my experience too (and that we would be missing band camp), he said it must be in the blood 'cause Brennen seemed like a natural and he wanted him to stick with it anyway.

He wanted to play the tennors (quads) for marching drum-line, but because we're going to miss band camp being in Utah, his teacher said one drum head was enough to worry about and put him in the snare line. When I played, snare was *the* coveted position where those with only the best "chops" played.

To say that I'm proud would be an understatement!

[He's on the left in the pictures]