Beach Trip Part 1

The week before we started school, we packed up the car and headed to Ocean Isle Beach for the week.  The first part of our trip was with our friends and all of our kids.  8 adults and 8 kids.  Overall, all of the kids played together really well.  There were the obvious meltdowns and arguments about toys, but having that many kids on different schedules and playing as hard as we did everyday they all did great.  The downside is we always had our hands full with a kid, 2 kids, 3 kids, or a bunch of beach gear so we didn't take a ton of pictures.  Here are some of the best.

The car was uh....full....

The first day we actually got all of the kids eating at the same time.

Both kids immediately headed out to the beach for some fun.

Carter really liked the sand, but was really excited about all the snacks we had packed.  It took at least 2 snack breaks to stay at the beach for 90 minutes to 2 hours each morning.  Some days that was not enough and he would fall asleep on the way back to the house, but he loved playing in the sand and the water.

We tried to get all the kids together for a group picture, but this was the best shot that I had.


We found that if we dug a hole, Carter would spend a good deal of time climbing in and out of it, rather than picking up handfuls of sand then coming to give you a sandy hug.

Avery and her buddy Easton working on digging Carter a hole.

Avery was a great big sister helping her little brother get as dirty as possible.  We are still finding sand in the car and in our bags.
   

A great time at the beach!