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2/17/20: The Wreck. Again.

Today was Grandma and Papa’s introduction to The Wreck. We spent the morning on the beach, Abby liked splashing in the water and throwing sand. She did get mad when she stuck her salty, sandy fingers in her mouth to suck on! Lauren spent a long time near the rocks with Grandma looking at fish; she’s gotten pretty brave with her water shoes on! 

We took Mike and Carol to lunch at The Wreck, but the weather was a bit of a downer... as we walked through the parking lot it started drizzling and by the time we made it a short way to the beach it was pouring! We ducked into the bar area and waited out the rain for about 10 minutes. During that time two different ladies came over to tell me how cute our baby boy (Abby) was. The second was very sweet, she said “oh, I have to show my sons!” And called her two teenaged boys over, they sweetly commented on how cute she was and her pretty blue eyes. The lady then said “don’t blink, momma” and pointed to her 6’ tall boys. 

Lunch was good even though we were a little soggy. Mike and Lauren both had milkshakes, Carol had the Cayman Colada that Jeff likes, and Jeff and I had mud slides. Abby loves sucking on fruit and eating fries. 

Lauren took forever to fall asleep for nap time and then we had to wake her at 4:30! We spent over and hour in the pool, put Abby to bed, and had shrimp cocktail and cheese and crackers and fruit for dinner. Mike declared it heaven on earth. 











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