A Day at the Beach..

So, I think I mentioned we had a lot of fun in Hong Kong. It wouldn't be summer however, without a little beach. So....we obliged. The above pic is one view from where I sat.

The picture is a reminder of how the Bible says "train up a child in the way she should go..." A day at the beach means the O girls have a book and a dr pepper. Right Lisa Moran? Just getting her ready for the girl trip of a lifetime.....exotic beaches and books! If you could see me....thank goodness you can't....I looked just like this, book and Diet Dr. Pepper.

And so here is Hudson doing his thing at the beach. Please look closely at the sand "city" he was constructing. The mound of sand in the picture is a basketball arena....no good sand city can be without one.

This next picture weill need a little explaining. Written really small on this picture are the names of Rob and Hudson. Hudson is about to jump off the platform and Rob is in the water. The other words are "shark net". nice. So, it took everything within me to allow Rob to take Hudson out there. Mostly because it was a LONG swim in the deep ocean...for an adult. Hudson is a really strong swimmer, but he is 8. In fact everyone else going out there used a tube or life raft. Not my boys... they swam the whole way. And the payoff was well worth it. Hudson jumped and jumped and jumped off that platform...with twists, cannonballs and flips. Then swam all the way back. He sure was proud of himself....and I was too. Good thing I let him go. Dads usually know best.

This last picture was the view from where we were staying....really beautiful.

Great stories to come....including more info on the infamous "bike".