The Cruz Family: Memorial Day Beach Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we decided to take Colin on his first beach trip! We left Friday morning and drove to Okaloosa Island, FL. Colin did great on the 5.5 hour ride. We only stopped once for lunch and the rest of the time he was napping or watching Shark Tale on his DVD player in the car. We checked into the hotel and headed for a quick trip to the beach. Colin didn't know what to think of the sand at first and was clinging to Mario, but he eventually warmed up to it and started playing with his beach toys.

We spent the rest of the weekend at the beach, at the pool, and hanging out with our friends Chris and Abby and their little girl Avery. They live close by and it was really nice to be able to see them. All went well except for a rough day on Saturday when I fell in the sand carrying Colin (we were both fine, I was just embarrassed!), Mario went into the ocean with his cell phone in his pocket (RIP, Blackberry) and Colin fell at the little water park and hit his eye. He ended up with a bruised eyelid and a little scrape. He was fine, but it broke our hearts to see him get hurt.

We headed home early Monday morning and once again Colin did great. We stopped for lunch in Columbus, GA and then stopped in Barnesville to pick up the dogs. It was a fun weekend getaway and we were so grateful that Colin did so well on his first beach and road trip!