Stevens Annual Beach Trip

This year it was a "stay-cation" for us. We played chouffer and taxi as the parties arrived by car and plane. It was so much fun again to have all of us together and to be able to enjoy most of the week on the beach. We did have one day in the middle that we spent at Sea World, which was a blast, and a day that the kids really enjoyed. We did the usual nightly rituals of playing games and shoving our faces with Red Vines, which could be the single greatest thing to snack on while playing card or board games. Well that is until the morning hits....UH!! Then of coarse Ryan and I were able to get out each morning and surf, which was a blast this year because I had been going more often prior to this week. We did the occasional horse shoes, frisbee tossing, smash ball, sand castle building, boogie boarding, and trips to Cessy's Mexican Restaurant. Oh the Carnitas plate is to die for!! Anyway...it was a lot of fun to spend time with the family. And one highlight we had in the middle of the week was a surprise retirement party for Kent Wells. He is finally retiring on October 1st!! Congrats Dad. So we got him gifts, had a DVD made for him, did a little roast, and had a lot of fun with him. The kids all played great together. Chad, Brayden and Logan spent most of the time on the beach standing on top of the boogie boards and waiting for waves to crash so they could surf on them. Connor and Sean were following each other around trying to find new things to jump off of. Everyone enjoyed the time and it was a huge success. Some great videos below of the boys surfing on boogie boards and Shamu. Well, I think I covered it all.