Coppertone Baby

This past weekend I went to VA Beach to see my sister. I love it down there. I love my sister. I love the beach. I love walks along the beach (a cliche I know.) I love picking up seashells. I love the sound of the ocean. I love laying out and not thinking about anything. But I also love when I leave the beach and can get my hands clean from all the sand.

 3 out of the 4 of us (not me) that went to the beach tried surfing that day, and thus became awesome! Yea I missed out but there's always next time. I can use it as an excuse to go visit my sister...No sorry boss I HAVE to leave early on Friday, my sister is teaching me to surf, I missed out last time.

We also made an epic sandcastle. Miles (my sister's boyfriend) spent a lot of time working on it and may have even made a little boy cry because his efforts weren't as awesome as ours.

 Don't miss me too much beach, I'll be back soon.

Mermaids and Sirens

My wonderful sister and me on the beach

This past Saturday I picked up my friend Tera, and drove to VA Beach to visit my sister (and her best friend) Katie. Katie is amazing, and very busy, so this was really the first time since she moved there that she was free so Tera and I decided to take full advantage and visit her for the day.

She lives four blocks from the beach and we just happened to visit on the same weekend as the Neptune Festival on the boardwalk. There were a ton of vendors, and the fragrances wafting from each of the food stalls were heavenly (although Tera refused to pay $6 for a funnel cake...ridiculous prices right?)

For the Neptune Festival they had a sand sculpting competition which I was so excited for. I made the girls walk about a mile down the beach so we could check it out. I was impressed with the sculptures people made out of sand using only water. These creations were amazing as you can see from the pictures. I think I was particularly impressed because my sandcastle building skills rival those of a 3 year old. Maybe, on a good day, a 5 year old.

Tera and I were amused by the no foul language sign.

Sunday morning before we left we ate at Pocahontas Pancakes. There was even a Tepee inside the restaurant. We will be going back to visit again hopefully soon, because Tera needs more salt water taffy...which I also enjoy(but only the pink kind.)