Beach Trip Part 1

This past weekend we took a trip to Ocean Isle with some college friends for a couple days.  There were 4 kids that were ~4 years old and 4 kids under 1 year old.  If you asked me 5 years ago if I would go on a trip like that I would have told you "heck no!" but we all had a blast.

First up some pictures of our kids.

Snacktime on the beach is the best snacks.

 Carter also did some laying out and working on his tan.

 There was a pool at this beach house that was incredibly useful in both tiring out toddlers and not having to haul a bunch of stuff to the beach everyday.  Avery seeing some of the other kids swimming without their puddle jumpers, got a lot more confident in her swimming.  Here she is jumping in without a puddle jumper (Daddy watching closely).  There is no way she would have been doing that at the beginning of the summer even with the swim lessons.

 Check out this video of her swimming the length of the pool without her puddle jumper.

A flashback picture from September 2012...

And then this year...

 This is Avery taking her first wipeout surfing.  She didn't want to get back on after this...and I don't blame her, but love her for trying.

 One of the parents brought face paint sunscreen, so all the kids got things drawn on them and it was a great way to keep them under the tent for a few minutes as it was applied.

 This little guy also had a blast.

 Hopefully he ends up loving the water as much as his big sister.  He seemed to have a good time especially in his baby float.

 Hanging at the beach with daddy!

 A double rainbow!!!