I'm getting back in the swing today, no matter what. Karen, Gary, Susan, Heidi (she's a twofer as I didn't do it last week) and Navhelowife are all in, too.
This week's photo is from a vacation that was so long ago that even I look like a kid in the picture!
Things this picture makes me think of:
That baby is in eight grade. Eighth grade! WTH?
A week might just be one day too long for three different families to spend in one condo.
We had a blast most of the time and I'm sure glad we did it.
One of the men in this picture turned out to be a douchebag of epic proportions; If we had know then what we know now, I thinking his ex-wife and I would have gone a little Dixie Chick's Earl on his ass.
If you bring a city girl from Jersey into a hiking situation, you'll want to warn her that while body powder might make you feel less glow-y in the heat, it will also attract every biting, stinging insect in the woods.
When people pick up this photo for a closer look, they almost always ask, "Is Social Butterfly . . . naked?"
Why yes, she is sans clothing. We were all packed up and ready to go and there was an unfortunate situation with a fudgsicle or push-up. After all, who really needs close when they're just going to be sitting in the car for the next six hours.
I picked this photo today because I just got home from a great old-friends-catching-up night out with the guy in this photo that was not the douchebag. He and his wife are planning a move back to San Diego and I am thrilled. So. Many. Good. Times.
Why it takes a visitor from Ohio to compel me to get down to the beach and sip a cocktail while watching the sunset, I do not know.
I'm not normally a beach kind of gal, but I lived in your city, I swear I would be.
Great photo, d-bag and all.
Posted by: Jen on the Edge | January 22, 2013 at 07:26 AM
This is my curiosity question that is probably none of my business. Is the crappy guy the one posing next to his wife holding her hand, or randomly in the picture not anywhere near her? I ask because in group pic situations like this, I always wonder if people are reading anything into it when my husband randomly puts himself nowhere near me! Or perhaps, if *I* should! (joking on that last bit)
Posted by: Heather | January 22, 2013 at 08:22 AM
Loving all the funny quips about this photo. Going all Earl on someone like him would have been a good thing. And who hasn't ridden in a car for six hours sans clothes? LOL!
We usually only get to the beach when we have visitors too; sad.
XO
Posted by: Busy Bee Suz | January 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Isn't it great how an old picture can conjure up SO much memory? I'm enjoying this weekly feature on your blog.
Posted by: Green Girl in Wisconsin | January 22, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Love the SB backstory!
Posted by: Smalltown Me | January 22, 2013 at 12:17 PM
I confess to wanting to know which one was "Earl" and also wanting to join you (ala Dixie Chicks). I imagine that makes this picture a little hard to look at sometimes.
Glad the other couple is coming back to you!
Guessing that SB was a whole lot more comfortable without wet, sticky clothes on that ride home. Relaxed parenting is always more fun. :)
Posted by: Karen (formerly kcinnova) | January 22, 2013 at 01:45 PM
Love the photo! You all look pretty happy, considering it was the end of spending a whole week in a condo with two other couples and their kids. I've never attempted that, and probably won't.
Sorry I didn't participate this time. I'm having a hard time keeping up with it all lately.
Posted by: Jenrantsraves | January 22, 2013 at 02:24 PM
Side note: does GuG know how gorgeous she is? That smile of hers is mesmerizing! I've been meaning to point it out on other recent photos you have shared.
Posted by: Karen (formerly kcinnova) | January 22, 2013 at 03:05 PM
How sweet! Im fairly sure she knows she is pretty :) Which is better than I can say for SB--hard for those of us on the other side to understand how a girl with that body could think shes fat.
Posted by: Jenn @ Juggling Life | January 22, 2013 at 03:19 PM
I could use that warm beach :) 1997 was just the other day, wtf happened? :)
Posted by: gary rith | January 22, 2013 at 06:22 PM
Beach? Sip? Cocktail??? Jealous!!!
Posted by: CC | January 24, 2013 at 07:05 PM
We've went camping with friends quite a few times. 3 days is my max of other people lol.
Posted by: momtaxijulie | February 03, 2013 at 02:46 PM