Beach Trip 2011

We took our annual beach trip this year and it was super fun!  It’s complete chaos with all the kids but they have a blast!

The first evening there we thought we’d mix it up and check out the pool first instead of the beach.  I tried to take some pictures with my phone but I don’t think I got the settings right.  They usually aren’t so grainy?

The pool was a hit.  Lila got daddy to do some fun acrobatics in the water.

   

Ummm, got my phone there, didya buddy?  Nice one Luke!

 

The next day it was time for the beach… 

Our friend Karen came down to meet up with us and she brought her 4 kids.  Yep – that’s four 3 year olds!  So all together we had a heck of a lot of kids to watch! 

 

Good thing Sean and John started a huge castle building project.  They had plenty of helpers!

Baby Ben made his first trip to the beach this year.  He wasn’t really all that impressed.  He mostly just slept the whole time.

Evening beach trips are a must each year so later that night we headed down for a walk.  Lila ditched me to walk with her BFF Raquel.

This was also Ruby’s first trip to the beach too!

  The official couch picture.  This one is the best we got but we had to get Jett from the bed since it was 7pm – smack dab in the middle of his daytime nap – and Drew is feeling less than wonderful fresh off his surgery to remove his tonsils.  And by fresh I mean like hours.  If you would like to see the yearly photo click here.

This little girl has this guy totally wrapped.  Can’t you tell by her smug look? 

Ok…so let me tell you about this picture.  We were all sitting around late night and I was playing around on our IPAD.  I glance up and see Ree Ree both surfing with her IPAD while simultaneously texting.  When I glanced around the room I realized how ridiculous it was- between us all there were enough Iphones or IPADS to supply a small village. 

Can someone tell me why one family vacation needs this much technology? 

You can bet you’ll never catch the Owens family in a tent in the woods!!  No wifi!

The next day we headed back to the beach for some time to play before the vay cay came to an end.

   This girl had SO much sand on her!  She loved loved the beach :)

Ruby enjoyed watching the big kids build and play and dig.  Next year you’ll be right there in the mix!

Thanks Momo and Papa for another great year!  We had a great time :)