horses and beach

Assateage State Park
Wild horses roaming all around.
Eva was excited until we got close, then she was a little afraid.
Theo called them kitties and had to be held to stop him from trying to chase them.

This was easy the best park o the trip.
It was beautiful.

The beach...
It was just miles and miles of beach.
Pure, beautiful, empty beach.
No buildings, hotels or houses.
No lifeguard stands, piers or boardwalks.
Only the sand, the water and the sun.
And the horses.

It was breathtaking.

these girls

These two have been together since a few weeks old and a few months old.

We parents decided their fate as friends...

but this time they made it true.

They played together...

instead of just playing in the vicinity of one another.

Laughed, giggled and told secrets. 

Thick as thieves...

the beach house

the new beach house
as Eva called it.

Our friends found the perfect place...

We were steps from the ocean.
The deck had a great view and a huge table to eat around.
Beach exhausted littles pre-gamed their naps with iPad time.
The front deck was littered with toys, towels and swimming suits 24/7.
We watched little girls be besties.
Saw the sunrise a hand full of times.
A little Mr. Theo made sure I had a front row seat to the best one.

It was one of those trips that I looked forward too,
but didn't know how great it was going to be.

One that I wish I could make Theodore remember,
and one that I hope Eva never forgets.

Their Day

I am sitting on the porch, looking at the ocean and listening for a sleeping Theodore to wake.

Everyone else is down at the beach, playing in the ocean.

Things can't get much better.

The only thing I can think of to make today better....

would be for a Goggy and Poppy to be here.

Grandmas and grandpas at the beach would be awesome.

I really miss my parents on days when things just can't get much better this.

So many times in their lives, things could have been better.

They gave up a lot, sacrificed things and worked really, really hard all the time.

Michael's parents too - had less so now we could have more.

Just so their kids wouldn't have to work as hard or give up so much...

so we could have a day like today.

I don't think Eva and Theodore will be able to say that we sacrificed like that for them.

There isn't much Michael and I have had to give up to make their lives great.

We don't have to work as hard.

But I will never stop telling them that their grandparents did.

All the things they did for us... 

and now really for them.

Because on wonderful days like today...

having them here would be the only thing that it would take to make it completely perfect.

Happy Grandparents Day.