What Memories are Made Of...

We had a wonderful day yesterday. On the spur of the moment we decided to drive to Port Stanley and go the beach.

Carmi had gone for a long bike ride in the morning and I was trying to clean up the basement. I had 3 kids telling me "No don't throw that out, it's my favourite!". Let's just say my frustration level was quite high.

When Carmi came home, he said we needed to do something fun. So we packed up and went off to the beach.

The kids were hungry...what else is new. We stopped off at the "Land of Tim" (Tim Horton's) to sustain them till we got to Shaw's ice cream. Yes, we were having a late lunch and it was ice cream all the way. The kids were incredulous. "You're letting us have ice cream for lunch?!" Why not I asked them. There's milk in ice cream, flour in the cones and peanuts (lots of protein) on the sundae. It's well balanced!

After our sweet lunch it was off to the beach. The air conditioning doesn't work in the van so the windows were rolled down, our hair was blowing in the wind and the CD player was blasting. It reminded us of the old days in the previous car that did not have air conditioning.

The beach was a blast. Because it was later in the day, it wasn't so crowded. Carmi stayed at the shore line the with younger two and I went further in with Zach. We all had fun playing in the water. The time just flew by.

Zach and I saw a huge dead fish floating nearby. We could smell it before we actually saw it. YUCK!! Made me wonder what was in the water that killed the fish. Maybe it's better not to wonder.

We finished the day with dinner at Mackeys-home of the best french fries. We did a drive to see the beach one last time and headed home.

Yesterday, was a day where memories were made. I know that when it's freezing in January, I'll be able to remember this day and it will warm my heart.