beach time with the fam

I went to the beach! Two weeks ago. (Time flies.) My aunt and grandparents got a beach house at Sandbridge, Va., and my parents flew out for the week. Saturday I went to Richmond and met up with them for a six-car carpool. (Or five or four, depending on who couldn't keep up at various times.) First we stopped at the Virginia Diner for lunch.

Grandma's ready for the Beach!

The house was giant and right on the beach, but unfortunately there was a bunch of construction happening right in front of us. Which was noisy.

Kinda fun to see construction workers wearing swim trunks.

Layin' pipes.

The house did have two pools though, one indoor and one outdoor. The outdoor one had crabs, which were actually pretty cute.

Crabs in the pool!

And despite the construction, we still went to the beach. I took two walks with my cousin Sunni, and two with my parents. Beach walks are the best.

My parents. How cute are they? Very.

On one walk, my mom and I discovered we have matching feet. (Notice the right big toe leans in more than the other.) I reported this to Grandpa when we got back, who said he already knew that, and that Grandma has the same ones, too. I didn't check her toes though, we'll have to take his word for it.

Feet twins!

While at the beach we ate, played Rook, and they all watched movies while I had to read. (Grad school can be a buzz kill at the beach.) I also witnessed some karaoke in the living room.

That Monday was Sunni's sixteenth birthday. She and Dad and I jumped waves in the ocean, then she and I played around in the outdoor pool. Then a bunch of teenagers showed up to see her. Twelve teenagers. One of my favorite parts was when she and five other teenage girls tried to get all the crabs out of the pool. Hoo boy, that was hilarious.

Happy Birthday Sunni!

But after we ate her cake I had to leave. They all stayed at the beach for the rest of the week, but I had to get back to work. (Work can also be a buzz kill when you'd rather be at the beach.) It was a nice treat to get to spend two nights at the beach and hang out with family.