It was a magical beach weekend, as always, when nephew Joey brings his teenagers Tobyn and Paisley for a visit.  I’m so proud of the young adults Joey’s kids are becoming.  It gives me hope for the next generation; maybe they’re not as bad as the media hype would have us believe:)  Hard working during the school year, they deserve a break at the beach with Aunt Rita to spoil them.  Grandpaw Drew took the guys fishing Saturday while Paisley and I shopped The Strand.  One of the many miracles this weekend, we actually found a red-eared turtle that Paisley had been searching for in Beaumont.  She is now the proud parent of “Tina the Turtle”.

Sunday was blistering hot without a breath of wind.  No problem – time to break out the new paddle board “Woody”.  I have been dying to try Woody out, but the weather hadn’t cooperated till Tobyn and Paisley showed up.  They had never even seen a paddle board up close, but as you can see, they took to it like the proverbial “duck to water”.  Grandpa Drew provided the jumping off vessel, since it was too hot to fish.  We all had such a great visit, it was sad to see the day end.  We promised to do it again as soon as Joey’s “harvest season” at the rice mill ends.  Hopefully the weather will be cooler then, too.