Our paddleboarding adventure with the Smith family began on a relaxing note.

Kennedy helped Samantha and Amelia make sand cakes while we were getting the paddleboard equipment ready to go.

Photobomb by Ryan.

Sammy whacked a few people with her paddle before we made it to the water.

And they’re off!

I thought the girls would be a little nervous as this was their first time paddleboarding, but they hopped on totally nonchalantly.

Changing of the guard.

Sammy swims to shore.

Kennedy was hesitant to get on, but ultimately decided to join Sebastian and her mom and ended up loving it!

All that paddle boarding called for a huge dinner.

Beach baby (noun): A salty sass with sandy toes and a sunkissed nose.

Kennedy is such a great playmate with Samantha and Amelia and Sebastian was mostly off doing his own thing, so Lucero and I kicked up our feet and watched from afar.

Let go of my hair!

Who, me?

Time for your nap, Meredith. Night, night!

Samantha and Amelia got epically sandy.

Pretending to be crabs. Samantha and Amelia adore Kennedy and Sebastian and always have a blast.

Meredith contemplates life’s grand injustices when she woke up from her nap, only to find all the chocolate zucchini muffins had been eaten.

The kids found a sand castle someone had built and scooped mud (they kept calling it “seagull poop”) from the shore to fill in the moat.

Kennedy practices her sand ballet.

All that hard work by someone destroyed in about five seconds.

Had a great time, gang!

These girls crack me up. Beach bums for life!

Lots of love,