A small little memory plaque for our Carolina beach trip: Borchers Family Vacation, Summer 2010

–disclaimer: lots of board game quotes and inside jokes below–

Borchers family tree:

Ron and Kay – Nick’s parents;  Nick (oldest) married to MOI, Isaiah is our cherub; Kelly (Nick’s sister) married to Tim; Keith (Nick’s brother); Jay (Nick’s youngest brother)

“She’s, uh, without parents.  Homeless.  She’s also small in stature.” – Keith, trying to explain who is “Little Orphan Annie” during ‘Cranium’

“Did you walk out on the balcony with Isaiah yet to see the ocean?  Just don’t pull a Michael Jackson.” – Kelly

“Did Isaiah take a tumble?  His elbows look pretty red.”  –>  “Um, no, that’s just his eczema.”  -Keith and me

“I don’t eat pasta, but I make an exception for angel hair.” – Tim

“Are you actually playing poker without your cheat sheet?” – Nick, making fun of my “poker guide” that explains the hierarchy of hands

“We walked in here [the condo] and she immediately turned the thermostat on fifty.  FIFTY!” – Kelly reporting Kay’s first actions when arriving at the condo

“I TOLD YOU NOT TO SPLASH THAT BABY!” – poolside parent, hollering at her 12 year old who cannon-balled into the water right next to Isaiah.  Kid starts bawling.

“Can you please not keep looking this way?” – Keith to the whole family, during dinner, when he and Jay ordered an enormous seafood sampler that took them 30 extra minutes to finish when we all had finished our meal

*Silent but enthusiastic thumbs up sign* – given to me by an onlooker when I fell backward in my beach chair while reading.   Legs up in the air, book held above my head while the waves crashed over me so it didn’t get wet.  Kelly, trying to help, but trying to secure the loose straps of her bikini top first.

“Is putt-putt golf?”  –>  “Well, it has the word golf after it.” -overheard in another room

“SPF 70?  I might as well stay inside if I put that on.” – Nick

“You have a conference call about an upcoming trial?  Can you tell the judge that you’re in a bikini and this call is cutting into your beach time?” – me to Kelly

“Is anyone else other than me kinda freaked out about how Keith was singing ‘Movin’ On Up’ and then the next humdinger song that had to be guessed was ‘Movin’ On Up?” – me, after playing Cranium

“I think Grandma is more fascinated with the toy laptop than Isaiah is.” – Jay watching Kay fiddling with the plastic keyboard

“Shut it up.”  –>  “No, it’s ‘shut it down.’  When you want to shut down a computer, you shut it down, not shut it up.” – Keith explaining to Kay

“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.” -Nick to me, after twice being the Tripoly runner’s up

“Hey Buster!” – Kay to Isaiah

“Hey Buster!” – Ron to Isaiah

“Why do you guys both call him ‘Buster?'” -Keith to Ron and Kay

Until summer 2011…