Sandcastle Contest

Sometimes I have really great ideas.  Frequently, actually.  If only they played out in real life the same way they do in my head...So I wanted to take the kids to the sandcastle contest this year.  They had a little class at the library that day as well so we couldn't head out until about 12:30.  Traffic turned out to be terrible!  What is normally a 1.25 hour drive took us 3-3.5 hours!  Of course, all those hours sitting in traffic just served to confirm my opinion that this was, in fact, an awesome event to attend (otherwise why would so many other cars be on the road?) and so Jerel & the kids weren't cranky at all.  Oh wait, that was how it played out in my head....in real life there may have been a little bit (and by little I mean lot) of complaining.  Anyway, we finally made it there and had a solid 30 minutes to run past all the castles before the police starting clearing everyone off the beach.  But there were some cool ones.  Isaiah really liked this one from the Lego movie.  I'm not sure which guy it is.  I thought it was Dumbledore, so you probably shouldn't go by what I say.

Here's Isaiah in front of the other Lego guy.  I thought it was Emmett, because that's the only character from that movie I've heard of.  But apparently it's the bad guy, Mr. Business or something like that.  Zay really liked the Lego ones.

 

What on earth is this guy doing?  There are cars driving everyone and he's just getting a tan?

And a picture of our car.  Turns out the sandcastle contest day is the only day cars are allowed to drive onto the beach for parking (although there are other beaches nearby that you can drive onto every day).  I love seeing old family pictures and making fun of the cars in the background, so here's to you, Future Isaiah & Eliza, mock on!