Beach Trip - Day Three

Day three at the beach!   We woke up with some ambitious plans to make this a day that Bob would not soon forget!  First, we were whipping him up a grand breakfast with breakfast casserole and fried potatoes.  One of his favorites.   

He visited us in the kitchen, still lugging around his Ladder Golf Trophy and the bracket with his domination noted each step of the way.

We tried to distract him by putting him on coffee duty.  He made hundreds of pots of coffee it seemed during our week at the beach.

It was all coming together in the kitchen and the smell of sausage wafting through the house was waking people young and old.

The morning crew - our hair is a hot mess and we may or may not have clothes on from the day before - but we have already spent some time on the balcony and gotten our laughs started for the day.  In my opinion, those early hours on the balcony are the absolute best part of the week at the beach. 

Breakfast was served up and then the sun screening of the masses got started so we could all head to the beach.

Hubby hit a nature preserve walking trail close to our complex several mornings during our week at the beach.  He was on the hunt for some bird pictures.  What he found instead, damn near gave him a heart attack!  He was looking up in the trees, walking along this pretty isolated trail when he heard a hissing sound.  He thought at first it was a snake, but then he spotted this little number.

It is kind of hard to tell the scale, but he assures us it was plenty big to put a bite on a person!  So for the rest of his walk, he did not look up, he was too busy looking for crocs/gators - whatever these are! 

While we spent hours at the pool and beach, several folks stayed in and worked a puzzle or two. 

The real fun of the day was planning Skit Night.  We had all the kids together in the pool and we were making acting assignments, telling Bob stories over and over again, trying to figure out the skit schedule and props.  A lot goes in to pulling off a top notch production of some of the most hilarious of Bob's antics.  We did not have a shortage of material.  We also did not have a shortage of actors.  When I tell you that these grandkids of his were so willing and eager to put on this show, I am not even kidding you.  They were thinking about their parts, asking questions, adding things to make it even funnier, checking on the schedule, when and where they had to be.  In summary...they were ALL IN!!!  We spent the afternoon staging the props on one side of the beach house and the show was going to held on the other side where we set up a viewing area for Bob and the rest of us!  

It should be noted that the three directors/producers of this event (the same three coffee drinkers posted above) got started on some Deep Eddy Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka at about noon.  We were not feeling any pain and every single thing was hysterical by showtime at 5:00!   Let the good times roll!  ACTION!!!  

We had about fifteen skits and/or commercials on the schedule.  Here is a summary of the Bob stories we re-enacted.  

Light Bracket Fiasco

Commercial Break – Grandpa lifting hand weights

Burger King Bathroom Mix-Up

Commercial Break – Grandpa still lifting hand weights

Driving with Thumbs

Commercial Break - Cambodian Travel Poster – Don’t Ask!!!

It’s Snowing Weather Forecast – Bob’s iPhone Fail

Commercial Break - Grandpa does yard work

Walmart Photo Booth – Where does the CD go?

Commercial Break – Grandpa still lifting hand weights

Grandpa visits Dr. Yoshi with his looooonnnngggg list.

Commercial Break – CPAP Machine Fright

Indian Chief Bob hunts Buffalo

Commercial Break – Bob’s ligaments are torn from all that weight lifting

Grand Finale – Where’s my Phone!  

The kids were outstanding!  They ad libbed and nailed Grandpa at every single turn.  We could not have asked anything more from them!  We laughed so hard.  Almost couldn't bear to do the next skit because it was funnier than the last.  Bob literally jumped out of his chair and had to leave the room at the Grand Finale - laughter till you cry is the best thing ever!!!    

Here are some action shots of the kids doing their thing! 

These pictures are not that great and I can assure you it is because the photographer was laughing too much to concentrate.

Great day - awesome fun - big laughs - lots of love!  Bob was so appreciate and no one enjoyed the show more than him!

Beach Trip - Day Two

Day two at the beach dawned a gorgeous morning!  Everyone was up and at 'em pretty early and we were ready for some fun!  

Our beach crew! 

Walking to the boardwalk!

And as per usual, some synchronized swimming/beach dancing ensued.  If you think we look weird, you should see Bob standing on the beach directing us through all of our routine.  He is doing all of these actions on dry land!  He always swears people tell him what a nice job he is doing as they walk by and what great dancers we are.  I think he might be lying. 

The waves were great for some boogie boarding. 

After we had enough of the beach we headed up to "our pool" which was the first one you hit after you  rinsed your feet off on the boardwalk.  Man alive, it always felt so amazing to jump into the pool after being at the beach.  

Then it happens again, more synchronized swimming moves, but this time in the pool.  I got to tell you that these photos are pretty good evidence that we have really learned some moves over the years!

The planned entertainment for the day was a Ladder Golf Tournament (complete with trophy for the winner) followed up by family pictures at the beach. 

The crowd gathered and the tournament rules were established and the double elimination bracket was set up.

There was cheering and jeering from the crowd.  And of course we made such a ruckus that other neighboring families came out on their balconies to see what was going on. 

It came down to Hubby and Bob for the championship game.  As they were walking out to the field to meet the judges, someone pants'd Grandpa.  He reacted fairly quickly, but still enough time to capture his "pants on the ground" in a picture.  We will save this one for his 80th birthday album. 

Even after the pants situation, Grandpa prevailed and brought home the Ladder Golf trophy.  He was very humble as you can see in this next picture.  By this time, he was getting shouts of congratulations from a couple different condo balconies.  He basked in the victory like a true champion, displaying his trophy all week. 

After ladder ball we enjoyed an awesome pot roast dinner made by the Nice One.  It was delicious and perfect after a long day of outdoor fun.  Once everyone had their bellies full, we all put on our best, brownest of brown attire (since brown is Bob's favorite color) and headed to the beach for some family pictures.

There was so much goofing around and cracking up that I wasn't sure we would even get one good picture, but I think we managed to get a couple of them! 

Guk working it on the beach.

The Magnificent Seven! 

The Nice One's crew!  You may see a new face in that crowd...let me introduce you.  We shall call her Teacher and she is dating Toby (the bearded one!)  They have been dating for a couple of years and this was her first beach trip with the family.  She is a great girl and I think she had fun and that we didn't scare her too bad!  

Here is the whole gang.  Self timer on the camera worked brilliantly this year! 

Mer and Grandpa with the Mag 7!  Pride and joy right here people! 

The core unit! 

Another group shot that turned out cute!  It is hard to be cute in brown! 

Guk and Hubby acting like fools.  

Here are some sunset shots that Hubby took as the evening winded down. 

We all drove into town for ice cream and it was the perfect end to a pretty perfect day!

Day three is coming up and it was the best of the best....SKIT NIGHT!!!  I can still crack up just thinking about it!