After we got back from the Olive Festival and Dave got home from his meeting, we decided to go to the beach. We probably went to the beach more this summer than ever before. We just love it there so much, and everyone is at a good age for beachy self-entertainment. This time we took our badminton set, which was fun.
Brennan is finally big enough to wear our smallest wetsuit, and he spent almost all of his time in the water.
He especially liked snorkeling!
Since we left a little later in the day, we decided to cook dinner there.
We have discovered pork tips from Costco. They are cheap, tasty, and super tender. We also grilled zucchini.
After dinner we roasted marshmallows.
And made s'mores. We like to use Nutella because it's already melty. Yum!
Why yes, we do have rather goofy kids. I blame their father. He reminds me that the mother has the greatest influence on children.
One thing I love about eating dinner at the beach is that we don't have to rush home and make dinner when we're all totally exhausted.
It was such a gorgeous day, and it just got nicer the longer we were there. We enjoyed watching the sunset, finding shells, and making sand balls.
See - they're all working together to make...
A sand ball snowman, of course!
I already posted beach pictures of Chloe on her 18 month update, but here are a couple more.
When they first set up the badminton net, it was too windy. But after dinner the wind totally died down, and they were able to play.
Dave's so happy he has all those fun boys to play games with. I'd rather take pictures of them playing.
Another fun Levi pose!
They found lots of shells in this little pool of water next to the ocean.
We love searching for shells. It never gets old.
We stayed until dark, and the park ranger had to kick us out. Actually, we were already leaving.
I'll close with this sweet picture of Chloe. Wow, what a great summer day!
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