We spend the first half of this week at a beach house with my family, and had a really wonderful time.

Once upon a time in the not too distant past, I thought I hated the beach. But as it turns out I just don’t like dirty beaches, or driving home covered in sand. And Anna Maria Island is not a dirty beach. And beach houses with outdoor showers keep all the sand outside. 
Kaden likes to dig. Alia likes to sit in holes. They make a good team. Sunset at the beach is pretty spectacular. We’ve always gone in the morning and left in the afternoon, so it was wonderful to experience for the first time.The beach house was really fantastic too.It had a piano, telescope, swimming pool… Not much more I could ask for 🙂And we had ice cream every night. That alone makes for a pretty good vacation 🙂