Monday, May 16, 2011

Beach Time!

Well we finally decided and packed up and headed to the beach last week. It was a much needed break and a great change of scenery for all of us I think. You don't really realize it sometimes until you're away how much you needed that change. Even Wyatt seemed to really enjoy the change. He kept walking to the windows and pointing at the ocean and saying "Woooaaahh!" :)

We rented a condo at a place that was right on the pier down at Cherry Grove so Robb could fish to his heart's content :) It was a nice place with lots to do for us with the pier, restaurants, lazy river, and several pools, oh and the beach! Mom came down to join us for a couple of days as well. Wyatt enjoyed playing in the sand, but was not a fan of the water this year...at all! Last year he loved it, but this year refused to play in any of it, ocean or pool. Just another phase I suppose. But he had a blast digging in the sand with his new shovels and buckets courtesy of Grandma (thank you!!). He liked walking down the beach and finding all sorts of fun things that had washed up, but ran away screaming anytime the water came near him (it was funny!). We took him to Bass Pro Shop to see the fish and he thought that was really cool. And we ate dinner one night at a great restaurant that has lots of turtles and alligators (although we didn't see any gators),  so we got to feed the turtles after we ate. Wyatt loved going on the pier and talking to all the people and looking at the fish that were coming up. He thought that was really neat! All in all a good trip...just wish it had been longer!!! :)

This past Saturday we went over to Cherokee and spent the day with Brad and Wendy and their family for Wendy's birthday. They were camping over there for the weekend, so we came to play for the day. Had a good visit and Wyatt loved getting to spend time with his cousins! Wyatt and Jenna liked to play in the puddles after the rain...so nice to see him finally starting to really play with other kids and have a good time!

Not much longer and the summer season will be here and it will be a bit crazy around here for a few months. But I think we're ready for it to be here and get going!

Nothing else new to report....as always, here are some recent pictures.
Happy Monday!!!

Helping Daddy feed the horses.

Checking out the fishing gear

Getting ready to fish

Checking out the rest of the pier

Not too sure about the lazy river...

So this is the beach?

Daddy trying to show that the beach is fun!

Ok...maybe this isn't so bad...

 And now we have buckets and shovels?!?

Oh ok, yeah this is fun!

Building a castle with Daddy!


Yay for sand!!

Bringing Grandma presents

Dance break on the beach

Exploring with Daddy

Only our son could find a stick on the beach....

Playing in the water under the pier wasn't scary for some reason

Walking with Daddy

Classy!

Playing in the rain with Jenna!

"What is she doing???"

Tristen, Wyatt, Emma, Jenna and Brooks in Cherokee

All smiles!!!