What an off day!!!

Get ready for the pictures!!!  Wow, we know how to celebrate an off day, huh?!  We enjoyed every moment.  From breakfast at the beach, a morning, (till one-ish) spent in the sand and surf, a nap at home then dinner at the Melting Pot.  What a day!!!   Time together is so special, and we just ate today up!

When we first got there, he and I loved swimming in the beach.  Once the new wore off, it was just me out there, looking for shells while the boys built a castle...

...or a "field"...everything is a field with LJ!

Look at those baby blues!

I had to make him get back in the water to cool off -- there was a lot of beach baseball played and he was burning up!

hitting by his "tield"

Lance caught this one so I had to get my camera out - the rain was earlier, but we got to enjoy part of the rainbow!!

He connected with this one!

...and this one.  What a finish!  :)

Turning the tables on his dad :)

The end of our beach day, tired boy walking slowly :)

Before we went out to dinner - Melting Pot!  What a brave dinner with a two-year old, huh?

With chocolate still on his face...he LOVED it!!

Is it any wonder that I kiss this dog directly on the mouth?  (closed, of course :) )  He is so cute!~ His "off-day gift" was this mouse, and he has already torn it up!  

This is Lance's new necklace.  When we got our wedding rings for each other during our engagement, we kept the inscription a secret.  We didn't tell anyone.  When we walked out of the chapel, newly husband and wife, we pulled off our rings to read the inscription:  BOTH of us wrote "LOVE NEVER FAILS"...so sweet.  He can't wear a ring when he pitches, but if he wants, he can wear this.  LJ , JAMIE, LOVE NEVER FAILS