Beach Blitz

As fun as our summer was, the busyness of the kids' camp and music and sports schedules kept us in town for all except the first week when we were out west. With us not making a beach trip in over a year, we struggled to fit some salt water and sand time in before school started back up. And while it wasn't ideal in timing or length, last weekend was the only possibility we found.

We left hours after VBX wrapped up, heading down to Mom-Mom's house. Because the trip was to be so short, we wasted no time in getting to the actual beach.

Before we even made it to her house the first night, we stopped at one of Lehr's favorite surf spots growing up.

The kids' happy place is definitely the beach.

Especially because it was just after 5PM when we arrived, they ran and boarded and splashed and overall bathed in the waves and sun and sand for over an hour.

We basically had the place to ourselves, which made it that much more magical.

Over the next two days we hit the beach each morning, breaking from the heat of the day for lunch and then getting another hour or so in before having dinner with Mom-Mom.

No trip to Melbourne would be complete without hitting two of our favorite spots.
Lehr and I grew up eating pizza on the beach at Bizzarro's. The kids are very familiar with the pizza slices that are too big for the flimsy paper plates they're served on.

And Del's Freeze was a staple for us in high school, and the cheap soft-serve is something the big kids don't mind waiting in line for (which is saying a lot because they are not the most patient about those things).

It was so nice to get a quick dose of sun, sand and salt in before the craziness of school starts next week!