Beach Day

We had beautiful weather while my brother's family was here. The day we went to the beach was windy, but other than that it was perfect!

First sprint to the water (well, boys sprinting and girls just taking it all in for a minute):



Lots of sandcastle-making fun:











Stopping to have lunch, after which Lincoln fell sound asleep:







Anndra with a mouthful of peanut butter sandwich:



Uncle Ben attempting to get a beach ball game started with the kids (didn't last long - too windy):



Meanwhile, the two littlest cousins loved blowing and catching bubbles:



More digging in the lovely wet sand:





Boo with attitude:



After Lincoln woke up, he and Natalie were inseparable:



They would run out to the water....



then sit and let the waves wash over their legs for a while....



then run back to the sand...



and lay on the sand to warm up... then do it all again, over & over.



Natalie also showed Lincoln how to write in the sand. I thought it was marvelous that they could interact so easily and carry on conversations all throughout these activities even though they are almost 3 years apart. Thanks for being such a great big cousin, Nat!

Burying Parker in the sand:



When I tried to take pictures of Anndra, she wanted to put sand on the camera - so I told her to put it in my hand instead and she thought that was a fun little game:







Our cousins got to have a second beach day on their way out of town, but we're sure glad we got to go with them for this one. It was a lot of fun, but what made it even better was sharing it with them.