My mom turned 53 on the 5th. This is the first time in like 5 years that we were all there for her birthday. Weeks before her birthday we planned a little surprise. We came up with 53 memories and reasons why we love my mom. We wrote them on tags and connected them to a picture or object that represented the memory. On her birthday she woke up to the apartment decorated in "memories"
Sunday we went to the Hyde's. It was great seeing them and where they live. As we drove off the kids chased us down the street and we found ourselves missing them all over again:( I only wish we had more time to spend with them.
The rest of the time was spent on the beach. Annie took great naps under the umbrella...
Mike the pelican
Gray would dig a hole, fill it with sea shells, and then dig them up exclaiming, "Look I found sea shells!"
Ya, we forgot sunblock the first morning- we were all burned especially the kids. 
