Last Day at the Beach

It was another full day at the beach. I know I tried to soak in as much sun as I could. Speaking of sun, it was a little dreary first thing, but by the end of the day, the sun was bright and shining. 

lots of people!

this boat was too great of a photo prop not to use. I just wish we were all at the beach at the same time so we could have gotten an entire Sawyer family picture. 

Henry, such a big boy. I love this picture!

Another family portrait for sure. Kade, what are you doing?!

Love these three.

lots of building happened today, with daddy and grandpa

the 'rents

Blake practicing his jumping skills

drip castles are so soothing to make. Silas and I started this one.

After the beach, we headed back to the house to get cleaned up. Then we headed to the boardwalk for some miniature golf. This was a bit of a production. Eighteen people for miniature golf, please. We ended up breaking up into smaller teams. It was a little funny playing with little kids, but they had fun. It was the experience, right?!

The first day, Joel and I implemented the buddy system. Hilarious. Brent later wondered what the kids would even do if they lost their buddy. They weren't always very good at it, but they tried. It was always a comfort when their were more adults around to be the buddy!

we pretty much took over the place!

daddy always gave them pointers...like a dad does!

Mr. Henry, was so into it. He didn't always hit the ball, but he was focused. So cute.

The boardwalk was so picturesque with all the seagulls overhead. Beautiful.

Grandma and Grandpa gave the kids spending money each night. They gave them the option of spending it each night or saving it until the last night. Our kids saved most of it, so we had to quickly make our purchases before heading back for pizza. This wasn't the first night on the boardwalk, so they all had a pretty good idea what they wanted. It was fun to watch them pick stuff out. It was obvious they were loving it too! Thanks for the treat, Grandma and Grandpa!

It was a little late by the time we got back for pizza. We were so hungry! We had yummy boardwalk pizza (probably would have been better if it wasn't cold already!), put the kids to bed, then sat down to enjoy a drink and the olympics. I forgot to say, this was pretty much what we did each night. You can't not watch the olympics, right? I was kind of bummed they were on during this trip. Would have liked to have watched it at home when I wasn't crazy busy visiting family! Oh well. It was fun to watch it with everyone too. 

I hate saying goodbye to the beach. I love it so much. We'll see where our life takes us, but I tell Brent a lot that I hope to end up at the beach for good someday. A girl can dream...