A shift to summer!

Last Wednesday, my children wrapped up school for the year, finishing 10th, 9th, and 5th grades!   They did great scholastically, but in addition to those excellent grades, they grew so much in maturity this year! 

Well, Thursday morning, we rolled out of the bed and were on the highway in less than an hour's time. VACATION time had arrived!  Can anyone say "drive through and coffee"??  Yeah, baby!

As the car rolled to a stop at the beach, the children bailed out of the car, and quick as lighting  itself, unpacked the car, changed into swimsuits and hit the beach with boogie boards and skim boards in tow.

Shortly after setting up on the beach, a pod of dolphins (at least six of them!) swam through the surf -- not but just mere feet away from us!  Brian and I were sitting on the shore and saw them in the waves - just before the waves "broke," as if we were looking at the side of a fish tank.  They circled around, making for themselves a feeding ground.  What an amazing thing to witness up close!

The following day we hit the beach in the morning, and the movie theater in the afternoon.  Thereafter, we shopped some local specialty shops and had supper at a wonderful oceanfront restaurant. Superb view and yummy food.   (I neglected to take pictures! Oy!)

Saturday morning was a treasure seeking morning.

Followed by an afternoon of boogie boarding.   It was a "beach bum" kind of a day to be sure!

Sunday, we took a day trip to some beautiful gardens in a relatively nearby city.

Massive tree dates back to 1545

After enjoying the gardens, we took a ferry ride to a quaint little fishing town, sought out a coffee shop, had an afternoon snack, and knocked around a few more shops. 

Today, we'll head home after we hit the beach one last time.  What a wonderful transition this has been from the school hustle to summer!

You all have a blessed day!
From my family to you,
Deborah

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