Beach Trip (Part 2 with Mike & the Haenni's)

We had lots of beach time over the week (lots = daily, 2 to 2.5 hour increments).

Miles loved boggie boarding. Will be very cool if one of our boys loves to surf, like Mike.



Noah loved to shovel up sand and throw up (the beach had other people on it, but there was plenty of room to run around and play). I assure you that the sand in the second picture did not come anywhere close to hitting that man.




I spent a lot of time gathering buckets of water for the boys to play with.



Lots of fun to play with toys in the tide pool. As you can see, Noah was still in his sandy-warm-up-period. :)


Griffin spent a lot of time jumping in the tide pools and pretending he was swimming. Miles loved making "sand angels" in this same spot.


I spent a lot of time holding Griffin on the first few days, but by the last day, he was dragging us into the ocean to jump the big waves. Perfect example of why next summer it should be two consecutive weeks at the beach. :)



This could have been quite a dousing of water. But, Miles completely missed him. Not even sure that Griffin noticed.



Griffin figured out how to soak himself pretty quickly.


LOTS of fun with the Haenni's at the beach.





Beth's parents were in town for part of the week. Her dad, Hoyt, had much fun playing with the kids in the surf.


I'm so short compared to Beth, that I decided to stand on top of a bucket for this picture. I just don't look right as a tall person. :)


One afternoon Beth and I watched a little girl bury a man in the sand. I told Beth that it looked so unappealing to me and I had no interest in it at all. The NEXT day I found myself getting buried by the boys. Did I have sand in my clothes? Check. Did I get salt water in my eyes and mouth? Check. Lots of fun? Check. T.o.t.a.l.l.y w.o.r.t.h. i.t.