Shimoda September 2012

This past weekend we headed down to the beach in Shimoda for our "summer" vacation. It is sad that our vacation was just for a weekend, but with the hubby starting a new job in June, this is all we could muster. We went with two other families from Australia and had a blast. It was so relaxing. I never knew what time it was, rarely checked my phone, and did not have to cook or clean dishes for 3 full days. The hotel had pretty good food and we were in the middle of nowhere so our days were pretty simple: get up, eat breakfast, go to the beach, come back and clean up, babies nap, head back to the beach, clean up, eat dinner, put kids to bed, and enjoy the company of fantastic friends and nice wine. Miss M got knocked down pretty hard by a big wave, but she still went in for more with the help of mama and daddy. It was good for our family to be away from the city, look at stars, and forget about the day to day routine of life for a bit. My only regret is I did not get a family photo or a group photo of our friends. I guess we were having too much fun.