June 19, 2024 - Wednesday



We just continued on our regular theme of swimming in the pool, going to the beach, and swimming in the pool again today. It was fun!

After dinner, we did our family pictures and guess who was photographer?? Me! Haha I was so nervous that I was going to mess it up. I'm not good at directing people either, so that could have gone a lot better. Poor Laila was consistently in the shadow of other people! But the photos turned out pretty good, despite my lack of direction. I was also frustrated because I said I didn't want to start taking pictures until 7:45 or so, but Kelly sent everyone down to the beach at 7. The sun was harsher than I wanted it to be and we were blinded half the time. But, no matter! It's over now and the photos are fine. 

In the evening, we went to a karaoke bar about 30 min away. It was a little nerve wracking leaving the kids, but Dawn orchestrated it so that Dennis and Hazel stayed at the house with them...our unwilling babysitters. The bar was fun for about an hour, but I was DD, so it got a little boring after that. Poor Patrick and Ali were so anxious the whole time, that it made us all feel ready to leave!





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