June contest winner, and fun at the beach

The winner of the June contest is…Teresa Warner! Congratulations, Teresa. You’ll be receiving a copy of Her Irish Warrior as well as flip flops, a beach ball, and sunscreen. Hope you enjoy them!

I am getting a little excited because this month I should receive my author copies of The Warrior’s Touch. I really love Connor’s story, and I hope you will too! I’m going to give away an advanced, signed copy for my July contest. The rules are on my For Readers page.

Speaking of the beach, yesterday I took my kidlets to Yorktown Beach. They have really done a nice job renovating the area, and my personal favorite addition is a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Parlor. We had a picnic lunch, I enjoyed a good Nora Roberts book while my kids built a sand castle, and then my daughter tried to drown herself again.

Now, being all of five months pregnant, I can’t wear a maternity bathing suit yet, and my current bathing suits don’t fit. So I opted to just go for a t-shirt and shorts. My kids were playing in water that was no more than thigh-high, and they could both stand up on the bottom with their chest out of the water. No problem, right? Until Her Royal Highness decided to practice her swimming lessons and realized that yes, I really was telling the truth when I told her she couldn’t swim yet.

While she was floundering in the water, instead of being helpful, her brother was cheering, “Great job! Nice swimming!” while my daughter’s face was bobbing up and down out of the water. It may be that he was hoping she would drown. My first attempt to grab her didn’t work because she ended up dog paddling away from me, so I threw myself at her and this time hauled her up. In the process, I got soaked. My children thought this was hilarious.

My daughter coughed, sputtered, and then later grinned at me and said, “That was funny.” Good to know she wasn’t traumatized for life. And of course, we HAD to stop at Ben & Jerry’s for some therapeutic ice cream.

As I was looking at all the choices, it was a little too hard to narrow it down. My daughter went for the Black Raspberry Sorbet (not because of the flavor–she wanted it because it was bright PINK. Priorities, don’t you know?). My son chose Chocolate Temptation. What about you? What’s your all-time favorite flavor of ice cream? I love Rocky Road.