Smith Mountain State Park - Memorial Day

For the second year in a row, we packed a cooler, bathing suits and headed to the beach for memorial day. We call it the beach - sand and water makes a beach for this family :) We had so much fun. We got there at 10:30 and stayed until 4:00pm. When we were leaving Conor said 'we just got here!'. We wanted to stay longer but it was soooo hot and we wanted to leave before melt downs took place. Its a good thing we did because poor conor got burned. bad! Im a bad mom - sorry conor. He had a sun hat on but when he took the hat off, his ears and neck got burned. He has been wearing alot of cream to get over the blisters on his ears. So last week he couldnt see bc of the dog alergies and this monday it was his ears from too much sun. 2 bad weeks in a row for the little guy! James and I had fun watching the kids enjoy the lake so much. We bought little chairs so our feet could sit in the water without our bums having to sit in the sand. It was comfy and our chairs were just 10 dollars at walmart. I think I would like to upgrade to the 20 dollar chairs though - really live in style, ya know? :)All about comfort! The bottom of my leg got burned though so note to self - Conor and me need a whole lot of sun screen to enjoy the beach in the future. James and Erin can handle it better than us. It was a fun family day. Sure - it was crowded. Sure - the water looked nasty. But it worked for the 2 and 3 yr old. We got there eary and had a good spot. That helped :)

James Dobson's daddy used to take them to the beach every week on his day off. He was in the ministry and it was before cell phones, so when they went to the beach he was with his family for the whole day without interuption. I think Family time is very important and a lost art in this day and age. I am blessed to have a man who knows the importance of family time. We all came back refreshed!