Summer Days Part 3

Wow, I guess I took a little unintentional blog break! Our summer has been super fun and super busy so far and I just can’t believe how quickly it’s flying by!!

Last week my brother in law, sister in law and their 3 boys came to visit {they live an hour away} and the WHOLE family went out on my Father in law’s boat. We have a fave beach we like to anchor at, it’s awesome because not too many people go there so you always feel like you have the whole beach to yourselves! The kids can search for all kinds of crabs and sea creatures, they can swim in the surf, they can dig in the sand … it’s always a super fun time!

 

 

My brother in law and my youngest nephew …

My nephews are addicted to football!

The kids had a blast swimming together.

Love those happy smiles!!

There really weren’t any waves that day but they still have fun on their boogie boards.

Another football lover …

Just floatin’ around, I love the one with the cousins sitting on the tube together, I picture them chatting about all kinds of things … the 2 on the tube are about 3 months apart in age and have always been good friends.

My nephew is having a birthday real soon so he opened a couple gifts at the beach and Grandma made her famous Chocolate Rice Krispy squares for everyone to enjoy. =)

 

My sweet girls with little creatures in their buckets … {they are NOT afraid of picking up crabs and such!}

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture! It is SO hard and SO rare to get a good one of all 5 kids but somehow I managed and I just love it!

 

My father in law took all 5 kids out to go tubing behind the boat and oh my goodness, those kids had a BLAST!! You should have seen the grins on their faces!

I know it’s really blurry because it was pretty far away, but here is a Submarine coming in, it’s SO cool to live where we do and see this kind of thing fairly regularly! I am always a bit tearful and full of emotion when I see this because I know it’s someone’s Daddy and Husband who is coming home from months at sea! SO thankful for those who serve our country!!

The kids had fun jumping off the front of the boat ….

I love this picture of my Father in law and his youngest Grandson! So precious!!!

Here are the Mamas … My sis in law, my Mom in law and myself …

Beautiful sailboats out on the water ….

And on the way home on the boat, we took a couple more pictures ….

After the beach everyone came back to our house. The kids swam in the pool and we had a BBQ with chicken, fresh fish, clam chowder, corn on the cob, etc… It’s so nice to have a wonderful family and we really enjoy spending time with them!

 

And I just wanted to include this one last photo … I LOVE hydrangeas and am so happy mine have bloomed enough so I could bring a few blooms inside … they look so pretty and bring a smile to my face every time I see them!