Harrison Family Beach Trip

We just got back from our annual Harrison family beach trip. Travis' parents rent a beach house for a week to hold all 15 of us! We relax, swim, read, and eat great homemade food. As always we had tons of fun! Here are some pictures to document the trip...

Even though it was vacation the girls would start every morning with some exercise while the guys stayed home with all of the kids (much to their dismay).

Every year the kids take turns picking a book for everyone to read and then we discuss it on a designated day. This year it was our turn, but since Travis didn't have any spare time during the year to read anything not pertaining to the law, I chose. It was a pretty hefty book and some people waited until the last minute to start, but everyone finished in time for the discussion. A few people weren't too sure about it when they started, but loved it the more they read. Trav's Dad and I were the only ones who loved it from the beginning. You know it's definitely a winner when everyone starts quoting from it.

Who thought Jesus and Criss Angel were the only ones to walk on water?



It's also a tradition that every couple/kid come up with an activity/game to do during the week. Past activities have been a Survivor challenge, Set tournament, Family Feud, Wackee 6, and volleyball. This year one activity was Jelly Belly taste testing. We had to close our eyes until we put the Jelly Belly in our mouth and then try to guess the flavor. We had a total of 10. I only got 2 out of the 10 right, but Travis won getting 6 right. Let me just say that it's a lot harder than it seems!

Another game we played was a card game of chance and candy was the prize! Mmmm. I lucked out by winning two of my favorite candies, Reese's and Snickers! Travis didn't win anything this time!

So we had a problem with losing kids this trip. Harrison slid down into a hole that he couldn't get out of and Elizabeth was dropped into a cannon! Ok, so we put Elizabeth into the cannon because we thought it would make a cute picture (weren't we right?). Harrison actually did slide down into a hole that somebody had dug and he couldn't get out of it. He kept calling for Andrew, but Andrew thought he just wanted him to go over and play so never got up to see what he wanted. Finally, though they realized that he was stuck and helped him out.

Another family tradition is to have pizza every Friday night for dinner. Since we've been going to Virginia Beach we've been going to this hole in the wall pizza joint called Chicho's Pizza. We just happened to stumble upon it the first year and we've been going back every since! Unfortunately, Harrison fell asleep on the way there and stayed asleep the whole time on one of the benches so he missed out. The rest of us scarfed down as much pizza as we possibly could!

It wouldn't be a Harrison family beach trip without the annual pool picture! We are usually IN the pool for the picture, but it was an abnormally cool day and the water was freezing! We had a great time as always and are already looking forward to next year!