Beach Vacation!!

We took a family trip to the beach over labor day!!  It was such a fun few days!!  The kids LOVED the beach and water and we had some great family time! :)

 Nathan loved the sand best!  He liked the water the first day when he had no fear, then he fell down and was anxious about it the rest of the trip... he'd get close but run whenever a wave would come!

 Alex wasn't too thrilled with the water the first couple of days... then after some gentle coaxing (and bribing!) Gary got him to go out into the ocean with him, from then on he LOVED the water!  He liked "jumping on the waves" and filling up buckets!  He also liked going out deeper with Gary or me :)

 We got seafood a couple of nights!  One night we went down to a restaraunt on the pier and got shrimp and crablegs, it was DELICIOUS!  And the view was beautiful!

 There was a playground on the beach right by our hotel!  The kids loved it... it was designed as a big ship!

 Nathan was so worn out one afternoon he fell asleep like this after taking a short nap in his crib.  Gary loved it :)

 We went mini-golfing at a "pirate golf course" one night after dinner!  Alex loved the playground they had there :)

 Mini-golfing is a favorite activity for our boys!

 We had so much fun!!

 One night we waited up late for fireworks that were supposed to go off at 9:45... we gave up waiting at 10:30! 

 Alex flew his first kite at the beach... he LOVED it! 

 

 These two kept so busy in the sand and water... I just love how busy kids are at the beach!  It is so fun to watch, they never run out of stuff to do!!

On our way home we went to the Virginia Beach Aquarium!  It was GREAT!  It's the third largest aquarium and was HUGE!The boys loved it!!

We had such a fun trip!!  It was definitely not long enough!!