Spring Break 2021: Part One

Spring Break part one!

At home, across the street on Surfer's Beach :)

Chester has a borrowed short board from our friend Tim

and just keeps going for it.

Audrey loves paddling out, she likes to long board and Henry has a new body board and wet suit...so everyone is finally out together!

I always day dreamed about watching my kids out in the water and I actually can't believe it is happening :)

She braids her hair back for surfing. Too cute.

Lucy came home for a long weekend 💙

We brought the kids out to Bean Hollow State Beach, where Clay proposed to me over 20 years ago!

I remember him walking me out on the sand, with a bunch of calla lilies in hand, dropping to his knees and asking me to marry him.

I dropped to my knees and told him I would take care of his heart and buy 2% milk instead of my usual 1%

haha

He brought us around to a more private cove to where he brought me that day... which I didn't remember him doing!

Love can be a blur :)

it was sweet to share our place

where we began

and where we'd like our ashes strewn out one day :)

Spring break at home has it's perks :)

but we did have a part two that was wonderful

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