well we did HALF of it.
'it' being, we paddled around the ocean beach pier on sunday.
the paddle is all part of surfrider's paddle for clean water,
an annual non-competitive event that raises awareness for clean water.
sunday morning, finn insisted he could paddle his own board,
so we decided to bring it along in case the surf was small.
only then would it be a possibility.
low and behold, the surf WAS small, so finn paddled himself.
he was thrilled. i was a little nervous as he hasn't been out
past the break but a few times and that was with his daddy.
i paddled alongside him the entire time, while scoutie hitched a ride with c.
about halfway down the pier, finn started telling us his back and neck hurt,
and c suggested we take a shortcut through pier and head back to shore.
we had gone pretty far and although i really wanted to go all the way around,
i needed to shadow finn coming in since c had a 5 year old boy on his board.
finn was beaming when he got out of the water...so proud of himself.
and said "next year i will go farther and maybe even ALL the way around.
{my hope is he will too}.
this was a very special day...our first FULL family paddle.
we hope it will be a family tradition for years to come.
here are some pictures we snapped from the day.
my girlfriend charlotte was kind enough to take family photo on her cell.
{it's not our best pix, but we're happy to have one of us together}
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| me and my boys c, finn {8} scout {5} |
her sweet hubby, shawn was on the pier taking photos from above.
{i can hardly wait to see 'em. am hoping one turned out}
