Eden loved the playsets they had on-site. Eden is addicted to swings. And she keeps trying to climb up to the monkey bars. She asks me for help. But I can’t give it to her, because then she’ll just be more overconfident than she already is. So I just stand guard under her where I could cushion a fall, and she stands on the top ladder rung and reaches up and hangs from the bar. The resort really had a great program for little kids. We were even able to put Alden down for a few naps in their daycare center.

It was fun to drag Eden around the pool on a floaty. Or wade with her around the shallows. One of my very favorite times was in the morning before we flew home to Salt Lake. We went down to the beach and got to play together. Eden and I drew pictures in the sand. Chad and I started burying my legs and then Eden would find them. Then we buried Eden. First her legs, then her torso then her arms, then she asked for her neck. We tracked disgusting amounts of sand into the room most days.