Hitting the Beach

We spent a week with EJ's grandmother and dad at the jersey shore. We are SO blessed to have this vacation spot and extended time with Nana and PopPop.

We were on the beach A TON. The weather was awesome, but it's our kids' ages that finally allow for lots of continual time on the beach. Most days we ate lunch there and a few days we were there for 6 hrs!

 She is a hand full.

PopPop was able to join us on the beach a lot more because Nana now has a full-time care taker. The kids were happy to see more of him!

 These two...

I have to document this picture, below. Avery is NOT holding my hand!! That is very rare in any setting much less the beach. She was very comfortable on the beach this summer and the ocean, as seen in the next photo.

  

Owen spent his time mastering the boogie board and Mason was thrilled with his new found courage to duck under the crashing waves.

Some ride the waves, others ride the sand bucket ;)

 We made a sand turtle on the last day. I read a lot too, but no pics of that ;)