We packed almost everything into this day. From the communal breakfast at the start of the day to the family get together in the evening following Perry's baptism. We had planned on having pancakes at our suite and have even given keys to our suite to the family in the second suite. Then we forgot and locked our door with the security latch. So while we slept later than we thought we could, Richard made a grocery run and got breakfast going in their suite.
After breakfast we took off towards the beach, half of us electing to walk since it's only a half mile walk, and the other half electing to drive down, since it's a half mile walk. In either case the toughest part is the last .2 mile down the bluff to the beach. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the water, the sand, and the pleasant sunny day. Richard found some sand crabs to entertain the kids. But they had plenty of surf and sand to keep them busy building castles then watching them wash away.
I came back to welcome our two young adult couples, Steve & Lisa, and Philip & Jenny. We enjoyed a pleasant dip in the pool while waiting for the others to return. Some of us enjoyed a pleasant afternoon nap while others played with a construction toy that lets you build things with coins.
For the evening we drove to Long Beach for Perry's baptism. The missionaries had agreed to open the building and fill up the baptismal font but they were almost too late. It was a nice family-oriented ceremony. After the baptism and light refreshments by Perry's Thatcher grandparents, we met at Jessica and Jon's for supper, more conversation, and a demonstration by Philip of his new Poweriser toy. He really can run with 9 foot strides and jump over 3 feet in the air.
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