Our Best Beach Trip Yet


I apologize, but I am still going through pictures I took from our recent trip to NC! While we were there we were able to spend two days at the beach! Since it was July 4th week, we wanted to avoid the crowed public beach and opted to go to the private Figure Eight Island that Michael's father works on.

Once we arrived, we were in amazement at how perfect it was! There was only one other family out of the beach and there was a splendid little tide pool that was perfect for the kids to play in! It was the nicest beach day I have ever experienced!

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Jude quickly shot off for the aw-wa! 

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He insisted on drinking from his bucket!

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Eden was busy inspecting the toys, while Jude was running around like a maniac!
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This little girl is so dainty and beautiful!

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Jude did make sure he showed his little sister some attention!

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That girl with her tongue!

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Aunt Kim playing with Jude:

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Opps, you have to pay attention to Eden because she will do a split and fall over!

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And here was our set up:

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It was so nice to just lay and relax in the water with out
having to worry about the waves washing everything away!

Jude was having so much fun!

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And Eden was too!

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Eden will now reach for someone to pick her up!

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Me & my girl!

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I don’t really want to keep rubbing it in, but it was nice!

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What a perfect day!

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When we arrived on the second day, we found that the tide was a bit higher!

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But that didn’t stop us from having fun!

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I wanted to try to get a few nice pictures of the kids on the beach,
but they didn’t quite want to cooperate with me!

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I guess this is the best we can do:

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Eden is always smiling when her big brother is in sight!

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I love these two!

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I remember posting last year about Jude eating sand.
Well this summer it is Eden’s turn.

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I really wasn’t expecting her to do that because she rarely puts things in her mouth.
But I guess that sand is just irresistible!

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In the picture above, she reminds me of an old lady without her dentures in!
 She sure seemed to like it though! Maybe I should try mixing that in with her baby food!

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   Jude’s crazy self went and ran off in the water with his nice clothes on!
There is no stopping that kids from getting in the water!

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Overall, both kids had a blast. So I would say successful beach trip!
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