Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my daddy! 

  I had lunch with him today, but no picture, so here's one from when they came to see the boys play baseball last weekend.

Can you Imagine?

Can you imagine if your whole life was just people constantly petting and hugging you?

I caught these "double belly rubs" the other day. 

I wonder if she gets sore from the nonstop love?

We Ate a Lot

So it seems the only thing I really did on vacation was eat since that's all I have pictures of me doing.

Well, the food was good, what can I say... 

 (This was lunch right after I'd been hit in the head with a surfboard twice.)

And here's the only picture of the two of us together...and not eating! 

Easier than Surfing

Sure boogie boarding is easier than surfing, but I'm way better at the standing on the beach and taking videos/pictures, so you won't see me in any of these.

Lots of boogie boarding went on

Though JR spent more of his time posing for Instagram photos. 

Surf Dudes

Since I skipped out on the fishing and the zip-lining, I thought I'd try surfing. 

I'm not sure what made me think I'd actually enjoy surfing since I'm not a fan of salt water going up my nose or waves crashing over my head and pulling me under.

My surfing safari lasted about 10 minutes.

I participated in the beach side lesson, carried my board out to the waves, and then proceeded to get knocked over by waves and have the surf board hit me in the head. (twice)

Needless to say, I called it quits, and went back and sat on the beach.

Jason, of course, was the best surfer in the family.  Reed did a great job, as did Kyle. 

 (Kyle's surfboard hit him in the head too, so he called it quits after about an hour).

JR was able to stand up and ride a few times and never gave up.

I didn't have my phone with me (since I thought I was going to surf) but the surf school took some pictures and I bought these of Kyle and Reed because they really came out amazing!

More Fish

The boys might not have caught any fish on the fishing trip, but Kyle did a great job catching fish in the tidal pools by our house. 

Disclaimer: No blow fish, sea slugs, or crabs (not pictured) were harmed in these outings...they were all put back where they came from. 

Fishing and Spaing

The boys fishing trip was a big bust.  They didn't catch anything.

The Ingersolls seem to have terrible luck with salt water fishing. 

 (We didn't catch anything in Hawaii either.)

But from what I hear, lunch was super yummy

And Kyle has added fishing boat driver to his career choices.

"I'll be a ski lift operator in the winter, and a fishing boat driver in the summer."

Luckily our friends' boat was much more successful and we had a delicious grilled fish dinner.

And I know I sound like I was a dud on vacation when I say I wasn't on this outing either.

 But I wasn't a dud at all.  I was at quite possibly the best spa I've ever been to in the world.

Here's another view of those 3 chairs we are sitting in.  

This is what it looked like when I walked in to get my mud wrap.

Yes, I know it says "Jen", but I'll answer to anything that starts with a "J"

So, yeah, not sorry I missed the fishing at all.