The beach house scheme (three houses rented in a row with all family in all of them) is awesome, here's why:
- The kids can roam around with the cousin/friend of their choosing and never be in a situation where they are arguing over turf, toys or friends.
- The kids just roam around snacking and eating at will
- The beach holds serious attention and allows them to spend tons of time outside each day and they are pooped each evening and crash moments after hitting the pillow
- Family and freinds everywhere
We actually ventured out on "organized" trips twice; once to a mineral springs and once on an outing to a different point on the beach and in my opinion, while both were very fun, both were situations that almost detracted from the overall experience as noted above. It is really hard to sum it up, but when the kids are never rounded up and thrown into a car to be taken anywhere, there is just NO stress at all and they just can do their thing. This was a vacation that truly felt like a vacation to all - to the adults, to the kids...it was perfect.
We left the beach at 10pm on Saturday night after watching Twilight (I missed the beginning and end and parts of the middle, so I am reserving judgement) and arrived in TX sometime around noon on Sunday. Very uneventful and a pleasant trip overall since the kids slept nearly the entire way. Thanks to dad, the ranch is in great shape and we seem to have all our livestock still.
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I had a blast being the farmer, although I am very sad that one of Josh's calves declined so badly that week.
I planted trees - I have now planted 42 that are still alive on the West side of the lake, plus about a dozen near the house.
Arbolus supmremus
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