A Great Day at the Beach

Last Monday, Labor Day, a bunch of families from church headed to the beach. We were ready for an adventure and a whole day out of the house. So we loaded up the car and headed out. Unfortunately, that wasn't until 10:00, so by the time we got there the parking lot was packed!! J dropped us off with all of our stuff and drove off to the far reaches of the earth to park. Thankfully Me and both boys ran into some wonderful college kids (from our church) who helped us haul all our stuff down to the group. When I got down there I realized I didn't have the diaper bags. Of all things to forget, that was the worst. Sweet Benjamin had a very full diaper and a very empty belly. Of course, there was no cell phone reception, so we waited for Jared. I had no idea which direction he had driven, so it made no sense to walk and find him. My husband is wonderful. With a slightly annoyed smile, he turned around and headed back to the car and returned with the missing bag.

After that, the day went smoothly. Benjamin managed to get in a short nap and then just hang out on Daddy's lap after Daddy got in a good game of V-ball. Thomas covered every inch of his of his body in sand. I had a blast visiting with friends and watching my boys have loads of fun!

Nothing better than a nap on the beach,

Except maybe watching the action from Daddy's lap!

Thomas' happy beach dance. This was after he finally braved the water. He went up to the waves like it was no big thing and he'd always done it. (He was afraid the last couple of times!)

Such a happy boy! Got his cookie and a beach full of sand!

The youth group kids made this wonderful hole and then turned it over to the little guys for sliding down into, jumping in and around and eventually taking over with all their own beach tools. It was their favorite thing of the whole day!
The day ended with a yummy trip to In N' Out. Yummy!