Beach Day

So on Wednesday August 6th, we had such beautiful weather that we had to head to the beach, full on and quickly in case we lost the sun.  It was one of the first really nice days and AJ had been bugging me for days to go and fly a kite.  So we were going to try and accomplish it all in one day.

 

AJ finally getting  to fly his kite!!  He was very excited about it.

 

Michael's turn to try.  The only problem with buying a kite from the dollar bin, they only lasted about 3 minutes.  Oops, I learned I needed to spend a little more on them.

 

So instead they started working on a sand fort.  They brought bigger shovels so they could really get in there.

 

This is Destruction island and we were finally able to see it.  It had been hidden in a could of fog for the last five days.

 

Here is their sand fort they made.  Each one of them has a chair with a back to sit in and AJ is flying a kit while sitting there.

 

Then it was time to  hit the waves.

 

 

I braved the really, really, did I say really? cold water to try and help them with the boogey boarding.  Gabby didn't want to go out deep where AJ and I were and AJ gave up after one wave took him under a little bit.  But that is ok.  Maybe in another three years they will be ready for the bigger waves.   :-)  Michael didn't even want to go in the waves he said it was too cold.  I totally agreed with him!!

 

After some hard water playing Michael decided to sit in his "chair" and have a pixie stix.

 

Poor Michael is always the one to go get whatever somebody needs, he has such a good heart and gladly helps other people.

 

So since I bought them such inexpensive kites that broke so quick, I hiked back to the trailer and got my dad's good stealth fighter kite out and AJ LOVED it!!!!  He flew it forever!!

 

Michael was ok with this water because of the indentation in the sand, the water stayed there during low tide and it warmed up a little bit.  They used the boogey boards more for flotation devices than the waves, but that is ok, they were having a great time!!!

 

And to end a great day at the beach, of course somebody has to be covered completely in sand!  We spent hours and hours of great fun down at the beach.  It was such a great weather day and we all completely enjoyed the beach!!!!