Surfing

For this family vacation we wanted to try something new as a family. And believe it or not it was both Julie and Jaclynn who thought about trying surfing before we even headed to Bali,  Well as you can tell from the pictures below we all enjoyed learning something new but it was Franklin who fell in love with the sport of surfing in a huge way.  The whole family did a two and a half hour lesson but Franklin went back for more lesson over the next couple of days after that.  I think we found his recreation/hobby of choice.  Isaac and Jaclynn were the first to make it to a standing position but it was Franklin who really enjoyed it the most.  And all the Indonesia people in the background are the instructors who are teaching and helping us in the water.

 This was me most of the time, falling, however I did mange once to stay up for a short run.  It was worth the pulled muscles, stubbed toes, and sunburn to see the kids succeed especially Franklin as this was what he wanted to do the rest of vacation.  Franklin continued to improve over the next couple days as he continued to practice.  Unfortunately here in Merauke we don't have good surfing waves.  Franklin is already made his request that we schedule more days at the beach next time so he can continue master the finer points of surfing.