beach trip {3}

So, our typical beach day routine had become...mornings at the beach, lunch and popsicles at the condo, afternoons at the pool, out to dinner, and back to the beach.  

We also made time to work in our art journals and read our library books.  Carter was working on rainbow seahorses.  

Carter could live in a pool!  He absolutely loves swimming.  And, he has all the gear to prove it.

We ate at Papa Rocco's for dinner and it may have been my favorite meal of the week.

This pizza was super yummy and I got to eat the whole thing all by myself!!!

Carter was missing his nap time, but there was no way he was going to lay down to rest when there was a pool right outside the door!

This girl!!!

After dinner, we were back on the beach!!!

Another perfect day.

beach trip {2}

what a way to start a day...breakfast on the balcony overlooking the beach!  we each picked out a sugary cereal to eat on vacation.  some of us may have been more excited about cereal than the beach!!!

we spent the morning on the beach and the afternoon at the pool.  a perfect way to spend a day!

we got cleaned up and went to dinner at lambert's.

it was yummy, as usual, and we may have dropped more rolls than we caught.  oops!

beach trip {1}

with summer in full swing...it was time to pack up the van and head to the beach!

just a few hours later!

somehow, we managed to turn the 7 hour drive to 5 hours with only 1 potty break, but we were starving!  we had an early dinner at the shrimp basket where we ate baskets full of yummy shrimp!

the time had finally come...

the kids were super excited to play in the ocean!

after splashing around in the water, they got to work building one of many sandcastles.

it was basically perfect.

summa time...

...means laid back days with lots of time to play!!!

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We have been bowling with friends!

We have stayed in our jammies and painted.

We have eaten lots of sweet cherries!

We have played with our chickens.

We have gone on too many late night ice cream runs!

We have been on a "Journey Off the Map!"

We have spotted a real live mermaid!

We have flipped!

We have some new Grizzlies gear!

We have visited the new Bass Pro Shop!

We have checked out lots of books to read!