dinner on the beach

this year we did things a little different.
we fixed dinner at the condo each night except the last.
and we loved it.  the fed the kids, laid them down, and then fixed our dinner.
and enjoyed on the balcony.

our last night we headed out to one of our favorite places, the back porch.  we went super early in order to avoid the crowds.

the boys loved sitting on the edge, right by the ocean.  they leaned on the railing the whole time and enjoyed the view.

after a yummy dinner, we headed out the beach to try to get some pictures and for some playtime.

what a perfectly beautiful night.

the beach.

the beach was beautiful, as usual.

 the weather was perfect - a bit overcast and never too hot. 

the kids loved the beach. we spent lots of time "crushing the waves" with pierce and building lots of sand castles, cities, and villages.

pierce loved the ocean and wanted to spend lot of time out there.  

he wasn't a bit afraid of the water or waves.

and this little one was content as long as she had a snack.

she enjoyed floating in the water and digging in the sand.

there might have been a few big holes dug too...

thank goodness for the wagon - the girls rode in style.

the battleship

we just got back from a wonderful week at the beach. 

it was perfect. 

full of relaxing, swimming, laying around, fun, and laughing.

we took the kids this year.  and they all love it.  we left early on saturday  morning.  2:30 AM to be exact.  when we got in the car, pierce kept saying "thank you mommy and daddy for taking me to the beach."  and we hadn't even gotten out of texas yet.  sweet boy.

we stopped in mobile, alabama on the way to see the battleship.  and to get out and walk around.  it battleship was so cool.  the kids all loved it.  it started raining when we go there, but that didn't stop us from enjoying our time.

sprinkler fun with cousins

Pierce and Stella enjoyed an overnight visit from Will and Hillary this week. Pierce enjoyed having someone "big" to play with and to stay up late with. The kids ran around and played and had so much fun together.