We had some time on the beach before Carmi finished up with her seminars today and we needed to head home.

I rolled up the kids pants legs and told them not to get their pants wet.

I might as well have told the wall.

Actually Zane did good but the girls… especially Eliana… got soaked.

We walked to the pier which was a fair distance from the resort.

When we got there, they were going to charge us just to walk out on the pier. I wanted to tell them, in the nicest Christian way possible, to stick it.

So we drowned our sorrows in Coke.

The Cokes actually cost more than the walking tax but it was the principle.

The kids were very happy when mommy finally joined us on the beach.

Eliana tried to dry out before getting in the car for the trip home.

Carmi left her seminars at 2:30 this afternoon and we all headed for the USS North Carolina.

We arrived only 1 hour before the ship was to close so we had to rush through.

When it was time to go, the kiddos were pretty well done for the day.

The kids and I went for breakfast down in the hotel restaurant.

We were already eating when an older gentleman - I won’t hazard a guess as to age but he was definitely well retired - came in and sat down at the table next to us.

“You have quite the offspring there.”, he said.

“Thanks.”, I responded with a nod and a smile.

“You’ve got your hands full with 3 girls.”

It took me a second to realize what he said.

I shot a glance over to Zane and it was a struggle to keep from laughing. Although I did snicker.

Zane was staring at the guy like he was crazy.

“We actually have 2 girls and 1 son.”

“Oh, yeah. I see now.”

I guess it’s time to get Zane a haircut.

The only thing missing is a hot, steaming White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks.

Lookie where we are!

Well, I pulled this photo from “google images” but we ARE at the beach.

Carmi had to come for a work-related seminar on Friday and Saturday so the rest of us reluctantly *cough* tagged along. The kids and I will try to make the best of surf, sand, sun and 70-degree temps while Carmi has fun in class.

The real photos will come tomorrow.