Terrigal Towel #3

This past weekend, we all had a great time at Terrigal/Wamberal/Avoca, a beach area about an hour and a half north. We stayed in a large Airbnb house with friends, and Penny was the younger of the two little kids in the house. One of our friends who had moved to Melbourne last year was staying in the house, so it was nice to catch up with him. Penelope was fabulous the whole weekend, despite being off her schedule and being forced to deal with sand for two days. She was not a fan at first, probably because she sand felt cold and wet in the morning, but by the end she was happy to sit and play. The weather was mostly good, and the one bad rainstorm coincidentally hit during Penelope's nap on Sunday, where she was completely protected by the tent. If anything, the sound of the rain probably helped her sleep. There were a ton of babies and kids on the sideline, lots familiar faces for us and for Penelope. 

Michael and I played on the same team, and we ended up coincidentally with a lot of friends from the other team I play with on Wednesday nights. Although we lost  the tournament during the semifinals, we still had a great time. 

The tournament party was one for the ages. Since it was the "21st", once of the long-time players offered to host at his house. His house has a pool and hot tub, fire pit, there was a live jazz band playing, then later a DJ, and catered paella. It was a complete 180 from the usual party at the local bowling club with soggy Chinese food, walking in the door and being offered a glass of champagne. Mike and I traded off; I took the early shift at the party, and then came back to do Penelope duty while he enjoyed the second half of the party. 

It was a great weekend and now we are all trying to get back into the swing of things.