Holden's Happenings: Beach Boy

We went to VA Beach for a long weekend to enjoy some Shriner fun with Grammy & Ernie. We had beautiful weather and lots of laughs. We hope to make it an annual trip.

Views from our balcony

Rolling on the beach in style. The buggy has replaced the jumper as our must-have travel item.

Checking it out

Testing the water. This was also Grammy's first time with sand on her toes despite going on this trip every year. Oh, the things Grammy will do for her grandkids.

Back on dry land

At the parade. Typical us overslept and missed Ernie but we still got to see lots of interesting characters. Holden clapped for his favorites.

Watching the little cars with Daddy

And Mommy

Not quite ready to commit to the Shriners

Waiting for our bike ride. We watched these family bikes go up and down the boardwalk and couldn't wait to enjoy a leisurely ride for an hour or two. How wrong we were. First, our tires didn't even make one full rotation before we realized we had a flat. Luckily this didn't happen 20 blocks up the street. We loaded onto another bike and started on our way. We quickly realized how much work it was and we were wondering why everyone else seemed to move effortlessly while we were literally pedaling like we were in the Tour de France while being passed by little kids. We never figured out a mechanical reason so we had to conclude that sadly, we're just all really out of shape. We rented the bike for 2 hours and were wiped out within 20 mins. All excpet Holden, who sat in the front like a king and loved every minute of it. We pressed on and did the entire boardwalk while parking here and there to enjoy a few beach weddings. Grammy lost (and found) her shoe, Ernie sliced open his hand, our legs were burning, and sweat was marking our trail but all in all we had fun, got a little exercise, and shared a lot of laughs.