Today was beach day – all day – or so we thought. The morning started with a stranger walking into our room exclaiming – sorry sorry – turns our he thought our room was the office. Jared’s mom had been sitting out on the porch with breakfast and didn’t make the connection that he was coming INTO our room. What a way to start the day! We went out the beach and settled in for a morning of reading and relaxing. I took a little walk and snapped some pictures and read more of my book – which is another blog topic I could go on and on about. Jared and I came back in and brought out lunch today for everyone. After lunch – mom and dad B went in for a rest stop – but we determined that nothing needed to be taken back in yet. About ten minutes after they went inside – the wind and dark coulds started rolling in – we thought we would just wait it out. It started to pick up pretty good so Jared and I got up to pick up the sheet when the umbrella BLEW UP and OUT OF THE GROUND – heading for the ocean. After a few giant leaps – I caught it – ony to have our chairs start to blow over and away – about the time we righted the chairs to get them put away – the other umbrella caught the urge to head for a swim too. After a hectic few minutes we managed to pack up everything – with no sign of mom and dad B. We had four chairs – two umbrellas – two coolers – and two giant beach bags – all for Jared and I to lug back. We thought about leaving some things behind but couldn’t pick anything so we piled them up on our shoulders and managed to start lugging everything back when mom and dad B came RUNNING across the sand to help – JUST IN TIME – the lightning was starting and the clouds were funneling over the ocean – i ALMOST stopped to dig for my camera – but i am terrified of the wind and funky looking clouds. Give me thunder and lightning any day – not wind.

So we decided to go to the outlets and the Outback for the afternoon – Jared found a few polo shirts at the Gap and I found two pairs of nice chinos – near black and khaki – which will work great when photographing weddings – OH and FLIP FLOPS for TWO BUCKS. I got a really cute denim skirt from BASS – and an ADORABLE outfit for sweet Macy – even though it won’t fit her till next winter.

We ate and came back to chill on the beach – and saw lots of dolphins – till about an hour ago – day four is nearly over and it makes us sad. My sunburn is nearly healed – the only bad spot that still hurts is on my right hip. I am so excited to post pictures of our second “annual” Barden family vacation.