May Beach Trip

Oh how we love the beach!! It's just a blessing to slow down from the busyness of life, have Wilson all to ourselves, and watch the kids enjoy each other as we all enjoy the beauty of God's creation. Wilson and I are so thankful for these weeks at the beach, and I must say it is so hard to come home! :)

This is a new favorite of Ann Evelyn...

All of the kids really enjoyed the water this trip. In fact, on our way home the boys told me that swimming in the water and playing in the waves was their favorite part of the trip.

Ready to go! We spent a lot of time on the beach. This is the first summer since having kids that we haven't had a morning napper while at the beach. It was great to be free to all go to the beach each morning, come back for lunch and afternoon nap, and then head back outside.

"Give me five... up high..."

They loved playing this with Wilson because he always ends it with a tickle! :)

Happy!!

Filling buckets up and dumping them out... so entertaining!

A little rest time with a movie. I love how they all sit right beside each other. :) It makes my heart happy!

We also did some "camping out". Ann Evelyn is so proud of her new tent!

Silly brothers! Forrest is losing his baby weight and is almost as tall as Andrew. I am being asked more and more if they are twins! But I have also been asked by a couple of people in the past fast weeks if Forrest and Ann Evelyn are twins. I think it's so funny!

Water balloons were a BIG part of our trip. If the boys were downstairs under the "college" (cottage) they had balloons out!

The boys love riding their bikes at the beach. We took rides several times a day. Forrest loves it. Although watching Andrew and trying on his own for a long time, he finally got the hang of it around his 3rd birthday. While we were at the beach, he mastered the important lesson of using brakes!

Wilson took the boys crabbing this year. I love the memories I have of going fishing and crabbing with my dad, and I am so excited that the boys have fun doing this with Wilson. Maybe next year Ann Evelyn and I will join them.

We cooked the crabs for lunch a couple of days... YUM! Andrew wanted to learn how to shell it himself. He worked so hard (Shelling crab is tedious!) and then enjoyed eating it! FUN!

Two more pictures.. Love these happy beach boys!!