Newport 2017 story

We love the beach.  So Much.  In fact, we let our love for the beach show by our exuberance.  There may be some little feet running through our rental because it is hard to contain our excitement when we are on vacation with cousins and sand and waves and ice cream.  It is TOO MUCH to contain.

And our neighbors know it.

Our downstairs neighbors that is.  We apparently rented the beach house with the only family in the world who can't tolerate toddlers pitter-patter.  I am not saying we are innocent by any means.  But you try telling a just barely turned 2 year old boy that running is not an option.  It doesn't work.  I know because I did it.  Several times.  I even started carrying him through the house.  Our neighbors have no sympathy.  After a few conversations that ended on the poor side, they finally called the landlord with their complaints.  Oops. I don't know what to say.

 But I can tell you this. After all their complaining, Dexton got ahold of a water bottle and flung it over the rail and right on their patio.  As they were sitting outside no doubt trying to escape the sounds of little feet playing tag.  I think it narrowly escaped someone's head. Oops. This may have been the incident that resulted in the calling of the landlord.  But I cannot say for certain as I am no mind reader.  Unfortunately for us, that was not the last incident.  The following day Dexton chucked a ball over the railing and onto the patio again.  Luckily no one was sitting out.  I quickly told Kendri to go retrieve the ball..... undetected if possible. No bueno.  She was caught and boy did she get an earful.  She tried to explain that her baby brother threw it over the rail. They told her they didn't believe her because "2 year olds can't throw that far."  Ahem.  I beg to differ ma'am.

Anyhoo.  The good news is we didn't get evicted.  And we still enjoyed ourselves.  I am not so certain about our neighbors however.....oops.

Our friend Amber Pitt took us beach exploring on Sunday.  We went to church with them and then headed out to see some awesome stuff. This is Laguna beach and it was beautiful!  It was especially green thanks to all the rain we've gotten this year.  The water was sparkling and blue and the moss made it feel magical. 

This tower was a big hit.  Obviously.  It felt like a beach right out of a storybook.

Happy summer!