a change in plans

We were scheduled to hop on a plane with Jason's family on Friday and head to Nashville to visit friends.  We ended up cancelling at the last minute because too many signs said now wasn't the right time to go.  The kids were bummed because they were going to fly on an airplane and spend the weekend with their cousins.  We tried to plan some fun things at home in lieu of the trip.

We decided to have a beach day on Friday.  I wanted to take Jason to our favorite day trip beach since he doesn't get to join us each summer when we go with friends.  When we arrived, we found that the jellyfish were really bad so we got back in the car and found a new beach. 

This spot was on the bay and the water was perfect.  The waves were very small, the water had a good slope and there was a sandbar which the kids love to play on.

It was a perfect day for the beach.

We enjoyed playing in the water and on the sand and just enjoyed a relaxing day.

The original beach we had planned to go to has a small town with restaurants and ice cream.  This beach had none of that.  Luckily we had enough snacks to get us through the day and then we found a seafood restaurant nearby and had dinner before heading home.

Yummy and healthy!  We made a stop in Williamsburg for dessert at a new favorite spot!

On Saturday morning we took the kids rock climbing.  The kids enjoyed it when they went for Emmy's birthday and couldn't wait to go back.  Our local indoor climbing place has reopened so we booked some slots.  It was very clean and not crowded.  The only down side is that they are mostly set up for experienced climbers so the kids had to auto belay.  There weren't many beginner climbs set up for this, but they did well and had fun!

Since it was going to be a weekend full of time with their cousins, we got them together after lunch on Saturday.  They had a rice krispy treat competition at MeMa's.

Emmy stayed at the Caddell's and Bryce came home so he could play baseball today.  I guess it was too hot (101) to take pictures because I don't have any!  His team won both of their games, but it was a tight competition today and they gave up too many runs to make it to the championship.  It was a long day of waiting to find out we were going home, but Bryce was excited for Chase to come home with us to swim and spend the night.  Hopefully their non Nashville weekend was still exciting!