Beach Day

Today was an absolutely beautiful beach day. The weather here is perfection. It’s not miserably hot like southern beaches, and the water is amazing. 

Lyla & Cade really enjoyed their time at the beach this morning. We actually got started at 9 am!

Lyla & Cade loved being in the water, especially with Lance. They loved body surfing and using the boogie board today, along with building sand holes, tunnels and castles. 

We joke that the mean boss man from last summer is back, the one who made us endlessly dig tunnels and holes. Cade said he rolled into town last night around midnight, but he never showed up today to supervise much. 

And the gear Lance got for us has made for fantastic beach time:

Yesterday I laughed so hard when we got stuck at the beach in a downpour...we were cozy in the tent...he definitely got the last laugh. Ha!

Also, last night, after the downpour, we came home to this beautiful rainbow. I was too tired to post this last night.

After our beach time, we decided to take a trip to the Boardwalk, which has been around since the early 1900s and is 3 miles long. The kids loved it...we visited an arcade first, of course they had to check out the prizes before they even played a game:

And, Lyla got her beloved hair wrap this evening.

We had dinner at the Boardwalk, and Lyla shared her thoughts about her own future, after Cade asked Daddy why he didn’t marry an ex girlfriend:

“When I grow up I want to marry someone who’s a daddy just like my daddy.”

Music to my ears.

We ended the night searching for sand crabs, although that may be a shortcoming of northern beaches. I don’t think they’re as common here as in the South.

There have been a few tense, tired moments this trip, typically regarding trivial things like Daddy leaving a favorite pair of shoes at home or Cade losing his shoes altogether today, but at the end of the day, I love them all so much. I’m so happy to be here with these three. They’re so much fun.