It’s an unwritten rule that when you take a family vacation to the beach, at some point you must get the family dressed up and head to the shore for the group pics. I used to dread this event. With. A. Passion. When the kids were younger I had to resort to scary big daddy voice in order to get them to line up and smile. I mean, smile at the same time. In the same millisecond. Instead of handing them a story to remember, I handed them a nightmare to run away from. It didn’t work out the way I wanted.

So we changed. We’ve only got a few years with these dearies before they leave our hive, so let’s not waste a chance for an awesome memory. Now we give the kids more freedom, and they give us this:

If you want to see the real photo essay of our trip, Sarabeth has a great series running here, here, here and here.

I’m out of words now…

]]> http://wholebrevitything.com/2010/07/21/polaroids-from-the-edge/feed/ 3 34.803099 -92.248271 34.803099 -92.248271 bryan jones DSC_0136-pola DSC_0034-pola DSC_0055-pola DSC_0088-pola01 DSC_0080-pola DSC_0146_2-pola DSC_0128-pola DSC_0192-pola02 DSC_0171_2-pola http://wholebrevitything.com/2008/07/09/tequila-sunrise/ http://wholebrevitything.com/2008/07/09/tequila-sunrise/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:46:06 +0000 bryan jones http://wholebrevitything.com/?p=363 ]]> Friends, I’m in need of a little help. The National Lampoon’s Jones Family Vacation 2008 has crossed the midline, and I haven’t put together my Shoreline Sunset playlist yet.

Can you help a brother out? Please drop a comment below, and share your suggestions for me Jose and Juicy Lucy to enjoy the last few nights on the beach.

I’m out of words now…

Sarabeth’s little oasis of solar recharging was invaded today by OPT (other peoples tunes). The tunes came with a crowd that hailed from Tennessee, and I think that they take a little Tennessee (circa 1985) with them wherever they go. Gold chains, man. They were wearing gold chains. One dude confidently sported white trunks… I guess they did go with his gold chain.

Back to the OPT. Rockytop brought a boombox with them, and here is a sampling of the soundtrack they played throughout the day:

Shakin’ – Eddie Money
Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie
Jungle Love – Steve Miller Band
If You Want My Body – Rod Stewart
Shake It Up – The Cars
Say It Isnt So – The Outfield
Fantasy – Aldo Nova
Vacation – The Go Gos
and many more songs that can be found on Freedom Rock or any other K-Tel classic.

I’m sure that SB will have more to say about this, I just wanted to pass along the playlist.

I’m out of words now.