Beach Trip 2012 - Playground

Just down the road from the house that we rented was a playground/park area.  We found it when we were riding bikes one night.  It was the cutest area so I wanted to go back and take some pictures, plus Caden wanted to go back and play so we stopped by there another evening to get some photos and let the kids play for a bit.  

Avery Lynn was throwing a fit in this picture below.  Because I sat her down (so I could take a picture of Ricky and Caden) and she didn't want to sit in the grass.  I had the camera so I couldn't pass up a shot. 

Caden on top of this large hill they have in the middle of the play area.  For kids to run up and down I suppose. 

 Our little model

Beach Trip 2012 - Beach Evening

We walked down to the beach one evening after we ate dinner in hopes of getting some cute pictures.  I think we succeeded!



Both kiddos

"Momma"...Avery Lynn wanted me to pick her back up.



Family Pic

This is by far my favorite picture of Avery Lynn

Crazy Caden

Beach Trip 2012 - Around the House

We rented a house that was three bedrooms and three baths.  It was great because everyone had their own bedroom.  We had plenty of space to spread out and had all the luxuries of a house that we are used to at home.  The whole second floor was the master suite with it's own balcony.  Caden's favorite place was in his room where he had a flat screen tv.  As you see in the first picture he was regularly found sitting on the latter of his bunk bed watching the tv.  I'm not sure why he always choose to sit on the latter (I would think that the floor or a bed would have been more comfortable) but that is where he always watched from.  I guess it was cool to him.  Avery Lynn enjoyed getting into everything, but actually did exceptionally well with the stairs and didn't really attempt to mess with them too much until the last evening we were there, which was my fault because I put her on them to take some pictures.  After that she was all about them.  Here are some pictures I took of us around the house.

Caden on the latter watching tv

Avery Lynn thinking about climbing the latter

Avery Lynn on the stairs 

Caden on the stairs for a picture

I love this picture - taken in the living room

Nothing but innocent, right??? LOL



A family shot before dinner one night

Beach Trip 2012 - Pool Day

The house that we rented had a neighborhood pool, which was just about 4 houses down the road.  Caden really wanted to check it out so we decided to take a break from the sand and go one morning instead of going to the beach.  It was a really nice neighborhood pool and there wasn't anyone else there most of the time we were there.  Caden had a good time swimming around with all his swimming attire and Avery Lynn enjoyed the freedom of swimming around on her float.  We had a good morning at the pool, and thankfully it satisfied Caden's need for the pool and we went to the beach all other days.

Beach Trip 2012 - Beach Days

 I'm finally getting around to uploading some pictures from our wonderful beach trip.  We had tons of fun and took tons of pictures.  The weather was perfect...sunny and mid 80's every day.  The kids had a great time playing on the beach, which we did all of the days except for one, when we went to the pool.  Caden loved digging (large) holes in the sand, which you will see from the pictures.  He enjoyed digging down to the water level so his holes would begin to fill up with water.  He had a personal little swimming hole a few days.  Avery Lynn was content playing on the blanket or in a beach chair with the toys, sea shells, or a bucket of water.  She loved jumping in the waves as they came in (with one of us holding onto her).  Caden enjoyed the waves as well and he liked using the seaweed that had washed ashore to decorate sand castles or throwing it back into the ocean.  I will post other pictures we took during the trip but I started with these beach ones first.



Avery Lynn sorting seashells in the chair cup holders



 Ricky and Caden digging a hole

A snack on the beach, with her cool shades still on

Ricky and Avery Lynn

Avery Lynn hanging out in a beach chair

 A sand castle town, decorated with seaweed

 Playing in the shade, at least for a moment