Playing at the IOP

After arriving Saturday night at the IOP, we got settled in the condo. It was a nice trip down, despite taking several extra hours due to some accidents that slowed traffic on the way. After getting the critical stuff in to the condo, John took Emily out for a swim. They had a lot of fun but were not able to stay long due to it being cold due to the extreme wind. John said it was so windy, there were white caps in the pool. The next morning, we got up and had a very nice time at the beach. We could not have asked for nicer weather in July, but it was unusually windy, so we had to really anchor stuff down on the beach so it did not blow away. After we were finished with the beach,w e headed back to the condo and bathed the little ones. After they were settled, I took Emily back out to the Ocean Side pool for a while. While we were there, her favorite thing to do was throw her dive rings in and try to get them with her feet. She also really liked throwing ones in the deep in for me to get. After we had been there a little while, we happened to see Leslie and Blake. They were heading over to the Sea Cabins pool, but decided to try the one at Ocean Side so the kids could play. Blake and Emily had fun, but due to it still being very windy and the pool being shaded at that time, it was cold for the kids. So we headed back in for lunch and a break. That evening we played at the condo and had Leslie and Blake over to play for a while after dinner. The kids had a great time playing in the condo.

Monday morning we headed back out to the beach to enjoy a lovely day. The girls really enjoyed playing in the surf and digging in the sand. In fact the girls loved playing in the surf so much, it was hard to keep them from trying to go out further. After a nice time at the beach, we decided to head up to the pool for a little while following. The kids really enjoyed playing in the baby pool, but also were really in to getting int he big pool. After we had been playing for a while, Leslie, Blake, and Megan came out to the pool. At first we got in the baby pool with the kids. They really enjoyed playing with Blake's swimming Nemo fish and the various pool toys we brought. After a little bit in the baby pool, they were all anxious to get in the big pool so we got in and had a great time. Ansley was even up for Megan holding her some and letting Megan float her around.

That afternoon, My Dad, Katrina, Mason, and Sydney arrived. Once they were settled, we all met up later that afternoon and headed to IHOP for dinner. We had originally planned on going to the beach or having a cook out, but due to the weather, that was not possible. We all had fun at IHOP and then called it an evening.