Beach Vacation - Part 2

Most mornings I woke up poured a cup of coffee and enjoyed the view from our deck.  This was our first time renting an ocean front house...AHHHHHH!

After everyone got up, my brother-in-law prepared breakfast (usually pancakes and bacon or grits and sausage) YUM!

Then it was time to began the process of putting on bathing suits, applying sunscreen, and gathering beach toys.  We were usually on the beach before 10:00!

C and G's enthusiasm for the beach is contagious!  Seeing the light in my kids' eyes and hearing the excitement in their voices as they run around and play, just makes my heart sing.  Of course, it doesn't hurt that between the background noise of the waves crashing and the wide expanses of open beach, I don't have to do nearly as much fuss'n about being too wild or too loud. :)

C's "surfing"

  

 G and Hayden's attempt at "surfing" like C

Mom and G

G really enjoyed finding "treasures"

Check out ALL the treasures she found on this long walk to the East end...J ended up carrying them most of the way! :)

Tim found a starfish!

This is how a VERY tired boy who loves the beach and does not want to go in and rest plays in the sand :)

But don't think that beach-time ended at sunset.  Oh NO!  Several nights after supper, we'd go right back out for a bit of Ghost/Sand Crab Hunting.

And, of course, G was the most fearless hunter of them all :) 

I could tell we were making good use of our time at the beach when C prayed for a  "super long night's sleep" one night and then a "double layer of long sleep" the next...never thought I'd ever hear anything like that come out of my little one with a seemingly endless supply of energy :)  SCORE for Mommy and Daddy!