Fall Break at the beach with Dad!

We headed to the beach for the second fall break in a row last weekend. We go with our cousins and a family that Nate knows from work. There are many many kiddos, but they have a blast the entire time. This year we arrived with the cold front. That did not stop this group from hitting the beach though.
We spent the first couple of days in our hoodies, but loved to feel the sunshine on our face.
Since ocean swimming was out this crew spent a lot of time in the "hot pool." It was mostly a guys thing.

Unlike last year, we had a special group of visitors staying close by. Nonni, Poppi, Uncle Gavin, Uncle Rich, Aunt Dane Dane and Baby Jade stayed one street over. We loved having them around to play with in the sand.

Nonni with her two "snack" buddies!

Mr. Sandman always up for a "cheese" smile, just so that he can see it in the camera afterwards.

Dad was not able to make the summer beach trip this year so we were so glad to have him this time. He spent a lot of time building castles, unfortunately most of the time they were destroyed in seconds of completion by all the kiddos.

Nate, Uncle Joe and Dr. K, were brave enough to do some snorkeling once the weather warmed up later in the week.

This sweet beach bum would play for hours in the sand with a few trucks and tractors to push around.

Cy loves his Dad and was so glad to have him around to play with on the beach.

2 of my most favorite guys in all the world! How blessed can one Mommy be!!!

Thanks to Aunt Court for letting us take a spin in this thing. All 3 boys thought it was great!

Eventually we were able to play without layers and the week was wonderful. Thanks Dad for working hard so that we can play hard!!