The Beach!

We just got back this evening from our first beach trip this year. We had a great weekend and really enjoyed staying at Russ' parent's beach house. My nephew, Roane was also there with us and we had a lot of fun spending time with him. He is 15 months old and is really a sweet little boy. Brad and Anna (Roane's parents) are expecting another baby in July, so they went on a much needed vacation. Russ' parents are watching Roane over the weekend, so we all decided to go down to the beach. I drove Dinah and the kids down on Thursday adn then Russ and his dad came down on Friday. The weather was beautiful and the kids enjoyed spending a lot of time outside. We only made it down to the ocean once because it was really windy and not real warm. The kids sure enjoyed it though. Kathryn loved sitting in the sand, and she liked eating it too! Let me tell you, it was an adventure for Dinah and I to get the 3 kids down to the beach by ourselves. I'm sure there were people probably laughing at us. We were exhausted when we got back! The beach house has a huge front porch, so we ended up putting the gate on the front stairs and then sat back and watched them play! Nana and Papa took Caleb and Roane to Brookgreen Garden's on Saturday so that they could see the little zoo there. Caleb loved seeing the otters. Later that afternoon, Papa took Caleb on a bikeride to the park up the road. He got to see a real mink catch a crab in the wild! Caleb did not want to come home from the beach. He cried and cried when he got home because he just wanted to stay there! We assured him that we would be back a lot more this summer. Now we have to focus this week on getting ready for Caleb's 3rd birthday party this weekend!

Enjoy the pictures!