From as long as I can remember, being at the beach for a week meant just that ~ being at the beach. Our family is one of those that packs sandwiches, snacks of every kind, lots to drink and, of course, tons of sunscreen and then hits the beach for the day.
Every day. Unless of course rain wrecked havoc on our plans.
Once Daniel proved on
Saturday afternoon that he was game for lots of time in the sand and surf each day, we happily decided to continue our tradition. We slept in, ate a leisurely breakfast (that involved eggs, lots of eggs. no kidding, we went through five dozen while we were there) made sandwiches, had a kid sunscreen brigade, loaded our bags, coolers and wagon, and would head to be beach bums for the day.
Just what does a six to seven hour timespan on the beach look like with our family?
Well, after we got all our stuff carried...
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| my precious nephew pierson shows that even six year olds can carry their own weight |
...and gave the day great thought...
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| my beautiful niece maylin caught in a moment of contemplation |
...there was surfing...
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| my "big three" had a blast in the smaller waves |
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| dq couldn't get enough! |
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| ky practicing her "merliah summers" moves |
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| my newest water baby |
...sandcastle building...
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| maylin and "aunt cici" get started |
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| sandy girl |
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| working on the ever important moat |
...snacking...
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| grapes are "nummy" |
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| grandma gets maylin's sandwich |
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| my chip boy happily consuming something |
...frisbee playing...
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| daniel was determined to crash uncle adam and maylin's game |
...kite flying...
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| with occasional kite retrieving |
...bocce ball...
...wagon pulling...
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| daniel pulled much more than his own weight |
...being dubbed princess seaweed...
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| beautiful even with a seaweed crown |
...truck driving...
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| you know it is serious when the wheels fall off the truck |
...cloud watching...
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| clouds rolled in a few days, but it never did rain on us |
...and for each of our boys, a little rest time.
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| you know a kid is tired when he looks at you and says, "mama, zhenyu sleep" and promptly falls asleep about 45 seconds after you pick him up |
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| i guess being blanketed in warm sand was reason enough to snooze |
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| he rode down the beach for at least 30 minutes this way... |
Our only agenda during the day was to play, play, play on the beach. Oh, and count to six every other minute. While keeping up with so many kiddos wasn't exactly relaxing (it's been a few years since I've read a book from my beach chair) it sure was refreshing! We are all already looking forward to the adventure of Sunset Beach 2012!
11 comments:
Looks like you had a wonderful week at Sunset. Great pictures of all the kids. XO's
Awesome...Priceless! Wish we were there with you. ;0)
An amazing week. With the 11 people who are nearest and dearest to me. I love all of you so much.
Was a blessing to see the congeniality of all the adults and children. You four are such wonderful parents. All six kids felt loved and secure with each one of you.
ME TOO ME TOO!!!
I KNEW there was another reason I loved yall so much! Do you know that is exactly how we do the beach too? Yes maam...we pack lunches and snacks and stay as long as we can...
Yall just HAVE to come go to the beach with us....you and the Boyds could caravan down!
Love yall!
Kristi, I love all of the vacay pics! The kids looked like they enjoyed every second at the beach! What great memories!!!
okay, I am love'in EVERY single one of these beach posts... the photos are incredible ~ makes me wanna be right there with ya! But seriously, that photo of Daniel on his board... CONTEST-CUTENESS-WORTHY!!! You HAVE to frame that one, or send it off to New Day or something... SUPER DUPER CUTE! Your family 'beach photo' is pretty sweet, too!! ( I see a Christmas card in the making!!)
Beautiful, beautiful family!! Love you guys!
Hugs,
Tanya
What a great vacation! Love the cloud photo. Glad you were able to have a nice vacation before the hurricane hit.
You spend beach days just like we do! Love the pics ... the one w/ Kylie and seaweed on her hair is too cute! Daniel on his little wave-rider...SO cute! You look like you had a great time .. and are making me miss the beach!!
I assume all of this was BEFORE the hurricane? I've been praying for you, hoping that you weren't affected.
Looked like a perfectly, wonderful day. AHHHH!! the days of youth. :)
Marge
Looks like a pretty awesome time! I'm impressed with the surfing! It appears that fun was had by all. Glad you were able to go with the whole family!
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