Aug 25, 2015

One last beach trip before summer is over!

We just returned from our latest beach trip.  It was the perfect way to wrap up a long fun summer!  We arrived around dinner time and went straight from the car to the beach before the ocean went "night night" as the twinkies would say when it would get dark.

 Ryan and I fed the kids and put them to bed before enjoying our favorite dinner.  This seems to be our go to dinner the first night since we don't have to cook anything or leave the house to pick anything up!

Ellie is my little water bug for sure.  She just runs and jumps over waves, rolls around in the sand and giggles!  Love watching her be wild and free on beach!
 Graham wanted to "ride on daddys head" the entire time!


 Give this boy tractors, a bucket of water and some sand and he is a happy little guy!

 I brought some paint brushes(shout out to Holly for this idea!) and Ellie used them to paint the sand castles!
After a long nap we took kids on a date.  
 Cheers to vacation!
Kids didn't do great at dinner so we decided to change our plans and just go to the Ocean Course and let them run out their energy!



They were much happier running around together!!!!
Why is it so hard to get a picture together these days??
Ellie is really turning into a beautiful little girl.  Love her to pieces!
Morning snuggles in our bed was a daily occurrence at the beach.  At home I wake up an hour before them and shower and have at least one cup of coffee...at the beach I wake up to them talking to each other and it is the best!
Ryan cooked breakfast most mornings, but we did grab a bite out one morning.  This cute restaurant was actually walking distance which made it even better!
On our way to the beach we saw this mama and baby deer.  They hung out outside our condo all day!
I bought this Melissa and Doug cupcake sand maker and it was a big hit!  Kept them entertained for a long time!
Ellie was Ryans shadow this weekend.  She adores him!
Graham and Ellie are so sweet together(most of the time).  Love seeing them hold hands!

Graham spent most of the day chasing birds.  We have countless videos of this, but the pictures are cute too!
For lunch we ate chicken salad, cool ranch doritos and watermelon!
"Bobo go get those birds!"
The deer are still there!
After naps we had more beach time.  You can't really tell here, but it was raining.  We almost went back up to the condo, but decided to stick around and see if it stopped.  We were out there for a long time and it never stopped raining, but they had a ball!!

High fives!
Ryan and I recently learned there is a market with fresh fish and veggies caught daily and we ended up cooking at home instead of trying to take these two crazy kids out again!
They helped us shop for ingredients before their bedtime.
It rained off and on all evening and at the end this beautiful double rainbow appeared!
Ryan made us two types of fish (caught hours before we ate it) with okra and a coconut gin and tonic! Graham saw us making the drinks and asked "Daddy why you got one two pickles in you water?" haha they were limes!
Last day on the beach was full of beautiful sunshine and laughs!
There is something so special about spending time and making memories together.  The kids love spending so much time with Ryan and asked for him non stop come Monday morning.  They also keep asking me "how many night nights until we go beach again?".....alot haha!  Ok I am officially ready for football, pumpkins and cooler weather!

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  1. Wow, cool post. I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real hard work to make a great article… but I put things off too much and never seem to get started. Thanks though.
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