Well, at this point, typing this is fairly anti-climactic, but I started this report, and so I'm going to finish it. Wednesday morning the Potters packed up and headed back to Roanoke. Before they did, we had a quick photo shoot at a nearby resort gazebo, since we didn't have any pictures of us all together thus far. After striking our poses, the Potters were off.
Us McMahons grieved momentarily for our loss. For the Potters were a good people... to have along on vacation: Darren, always a good conversationalist, full of fun stories, a loving brother-in-law and uncle; Melanie, my beautiful sister-in-law, always incredibly cheerful and honest, kind enough to laugh at most if not all of my jokes; and their wonderful twin daughters Kristen and Kaitlin, servants at heart, care-takers of their cousins, 10-year-olds extraordinaire. Ah yes, good peeps. Rebecca, Isaac, Ella and I dwelled on this for at least 4 minutes before heading over to the pool.
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| A wink and a smile. |
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| When it got too deep, Isaac just hitched a ride. |
I'm kidding, the truth is that there probably wasn't a single time over the next two days that we returned to our unit from the pool or beach or wherever that Isaac didn't ask, "Are the girls here? Are the girls back yet?" Safe to say the Potters were missed dearly.
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| Back Row (left to right): Darren, Melanie Front Row (left to right): Kristen, Kaitlin |
That evening we returned to a restaurant we visited two years ago called Hudson's. It's a great low-country restaurant with very good food and a view, if you're ever in the area. After eating we hit the Tanger Outlets for a little shopping -- Isaac and Rebecca got some new kicks. The shoe-shopping provided us a huge laugh as I noted on Facebook that day... after finding and eventually settling on a pair of Lightning McQueen (Cars movie) shoes that light up when you walk/run, I noticed Isaac eye-balling some Toy Story-themed shoes. I quickly interjected his thoughts and said, "Isaac, those are just ugly." From his rather calm, yet matter-of-fact tone, he seemed quite offended that I would say this about anything bearing the graven images of his beloved Toy Story friends. His response... "Well I think you two are ugly." I guess he figured Rebecca felt the same way about the shoes that I did. Well, she did, and we laughed.
Today's Good Read: Exodus 20:4-6
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| Just plain ugly. |
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