Hi everyone!  I hope you are all doing well and having a great week so far.

We are finishing up our third day of vacation at Surf City.  We really like this beach so far and are having a great time. The house we rented is right on the beach, and I mean RIGHT ON the beach.  The front of the house is actually built into the sand dune.  This is so convenient for me, because if I forget something or someone has to use the potty, it is no big deal to get back to the house. When you are at the beach with a 2-year old and 4-year old (plus Emma, who is 1), things like that make a big difference!

Aaron and Noah joined us today, so we have a full house.  Charlie is so excited to have them here.  I can’t wait to see the fun they will have on the beach tomorrow.

After a wonderful dinner of grilled shrimp and mahi mahi tonight, we walked down the beach to the pier, got some ice cream, and walked to the end of the pier.  I wish I had taken my camera because it was absolutely gorgeous!

Here are some pics from the past couple of days:

Charlie doing some serious fishing on the beach.

All of that fishing obviously wore Jason and Charlie out!

Maddie and her shovel

Jason spent a LOT of time digging holes on the beach! The kids love it!

Emma on the beach

Emma loved sitting in the bucket of water.

These kids are crazy!

Casey and Emma looking for sharks teeth on the beach. We found tons!

I love this pic of Jason and Charlie sitting in the HUGE hole they dug!

My toes!!!

Charlie was so excited when Jason buried him in the sand!

Now my goal for tomorrow is to have someone take some pics with ME in them!