beach with family!

day 1

THRILLED to be there

ephram was chasing his shadow:)

nonny and wave loving braden

nonny chasing braden and the girls digging

this guy LOVED carrying his bucket and shovel

cousins playing in the sand...building drippy castles and digging pools

nonny, uncle matt, and poppy....then buds nicky and kinsey jumping in the waves

ephram loved filling his bucket for the castle...and getting hugs from his big sissy

i love these pics of braden trying to catch fish with crazy hair

we were out on the beach for 8 hours the first day and i had the four of them by myself from about 10:30 until 3:30. (all the cousins and my parents were out there in the beginning before going back to the house). cailey spent most of her time with a friend out in the ocean, kinsey met a group of girls and spent her time digging with them or playing in the waves, and braden met a friend who was searching for hermit crabs, fish, and sand diggers. the first day he came home with a bucket full of little hermit crabs...they were everywhere! sweet ephram fell asleep on the beach at about 2 and I had to move him back several times because of the tide coming in. i finally WOKE him at 3:30 so we could go home with the rest of the family...and because my feet were FRIED. brian was working the first day and came that night.


we stayed in a beautiful HUGE house a couple miles from the beach. there was a pool (that i never got pics of), a pond where you could feed hundreds of turtles...that was AWESOME (again..no pics), a playground, and some ponds with fountains. it was secluded so the kiddos had the place to themselves. i wish i took more pics! when i'm on my own i don't bring my camera as much:) (i also held ephram in the pool...hence no pics)

all the cousins together!

they LOVE these ice pops...here's braden sharing
his second with ephram (who dropped his)

Dad rented a house at the beach for mom's birthday and retirement. They invited my brother and I down for memorial day weekend (we stayed thur night-tues) and we had a great time!