Red Rock Haven

We went to Red Rock Haven with a bunch of friends on Friday and it was SO much fun. :) This was all before we got sick too, so it was nice that we got at least 1 fun trip in before the 2 1/2 days of sick... Sadly, we didn't get a group shot, but these are the friends that went; the Hinton family, Taylor family, Beatty family, and our neighbor Phil. It is always more fun with friends to play with.

Matix went about his normal exploring and digging.

Hawken went about his normal eating sand and eating more sand.

This picture of the 2 of them shows part of their very different personalities... Matix off doing his own thing, caring less what everyone else is doing. Hawken going to where the action is, not caring about the waves he is crawling directly into. :)

Paul went snorkeling with Phil for a while and got knocked around by some waves... Don't worry, no one was hurt, but Phil lost a flipper. Oh well. I spent a lot of my time trying to get Hawken to go to sleep despite all the kids giggles, crashing waves, and other noises in every direction. Luckily after a good 30 minutes, he fell asleep. Hooray for naps on the beach!

While I was working on Hawken, Paul and Matix swam to the rock. The rock is surrounded by water and is covered in tiny sea shells that Matix LOVES.

How cute is this picture? :)

Paul got a bunch of really great pictures of Matix that I didn't get to see until we downloaded them onto the computer. Here are some of my favorites...

But then... I saw some other pictures that made me say... "HUH?!" :)

Right around noon (when the restaurant opens) it started raining, so we all hung out beneath the little grass umbrellas at the tables.

Matix mostly played in the rain, but also thought it was fun to sit by Matt, a big kid. :)

Hawken was more startled by his rude rainy awakening, and wanted mostly to be held.

We had a delicious lunch of Caribbean pizza and sweet potato fries... YUM! No pictures of that, because we ate it all so fast. :) It was a wonderful day.

In other news, Hawken has walked 6 steps a couple of times now... WOW! Also, Paul passed 3rd semester with flying colors... YAY! and we are all feeling MUCH better. We are still keeping it low key for tomorrow, but will be back to adventures soon. :) Thanks for all the support and prayers while we were sick.