Sorry!
I do have excuses. Right now I'm actually dictating this blog post to my computer, because I have a broken collarbone and can’t type. Long story short, Matt and I had a miscommunication about which direction we were going to go our bikes last Saturday and we collided. It was nobody’s fault, but he was definitely wrong.
Long story: Matt and I was out of Bethany Beach last weekend on a wonderful family vacation. Along with his brother and sister we conspired to kidnap his mother and father to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Matt and I snuck out the house before everybody was up on Saturday morning and went on a bike ride. We were less a mile from the rental and decided to take a shortcut. That was when we had the miscommunication and collided. I didn’t know how bad it was until a little bit after accident when I couldn’t lift my arm. The good news is, because Matt was wrong, or should I say Matt was mostly wrong, or should I say that Matt was more wrong than me, he has been at my service since we’ve gotten home.
I know I have a lot of catching up to do with house renovations. We've been busy working around the house and getting a lot of projects done. We've reroofed, painted, sketched additions, made and hung curtains, and more-we've done a lot [all with full-time jobs and a jam-packed social calendar].
We can chat about all that in another blog post. Right now I want to talk about our weekend at the beach.
The trip to the beach was really exciting, because we didn't tell that parent what exactly we were going to do. We told them about two months ago to make sure they took two days off from work, but we didn’t tell them why and never spoke of it again. Then Matt’s sister, Melanie, and brother-in-law, Rich, spent a couple weeks prepping Matt’s parents for the trip (telling them what to bring) and trying to trick them into thinking they were going places that they weren’t really going. We didn’t say anything and I hope that we can give anything away without knowing. I know they were trying to be sneaky and get information out of his other brother, but they weren’t sneaky enough.
After weeks of planning (and plotting), Melanie and Rich kidnapped them and headed out on Thursday. They were guessing the whole way where they were going. They were pretty surprised when they turned south, because they thought that they might be going up to Lake Placid or Canada. Eventually, they thought they were coming to our house, because they have to drive by our exit on the Interstate to get to Bethany Beach, but they kept driving and I think that’s when they knew they were going to the beach.
Along the way, Matt and I spotted them on the road and pulled up next to them gave a big smile and waved. Matt’s mom looked incredibly surprised and then everybody started laughing. At that point, I think they knew we were in on it.
We rented a house about a third of a mile from Bethany boardwalk, it was just perfect and I would be very tempted to rent it again. That night, once we unpacked the cars, we had a nice dinner, chatted for a while, and went down to the ocean to dip our toes in the water and have some delicious frozen custard.
After checking out the water, we went to bed, so that we would have lots of energy for a day at the beach. At this point Matt's brother had not arrived, and I’m not quite sure whether or not his parents knew that he was coming. But he was to arrive the next day (surprise #2).
We spent most of our first full day at Fenwick Island playing in the waves with our niece and nephew (two of the cutest kids you ever did see). We built sand castles, found shells, burnt our toes on the hot sand and enjoyed ourselves.
[Aunt Ellie and Haily]
[Uncle Matt and Hunter]
After an exhausting fun filled morning, we headed back to the rental to shower, nap and get ready for our family picture on the beach. But first, we had another surprise for the anniversary couple, Mike (Matt’s brother) showed up! The whole family was there! We all hung out for a bit and then started getting ready for the picture now that the whole crew was there!
I have always loved family picture where everybody is wearing one color (call me crazy) and I thought it would be the perfect memento from the weekend! I was so happy when everybody said they would bring a white shirt, here are my favorites:
[Family Photo]
[Family photo #2]
After we took a thousand pictures on the very windy beach, we went out to celebrate Matt’s parent’s anniversary at the Cottage Café in Bethany. We had a nice dinner, although for the prices, I wouldn’t recommend it. The service was impeccable though! Dinner was followed by a round of putt putt golf, a beach favorite! We had a wonderful first day.
[Mini golf]
