Friday (Last Day) at the Beach

Friday was our very last beach day. So we did it up right! I vowed to be at the beach for as long as possible, and I do believe we succeeded!

We did as much digging in the sand as we possibly could.

We watched as a storm tried to roll in. Luckily it wasn't successful, but it looked pretty eerie for a bit.

Carter practiced his scurf boarding, and got pretty dang good at it! Untill.....

he found himself with a shell in his foot! Poor guy! I know it hurt so bad, and we all felt so sorry for him. Unfortunately it meant he spent the majority of our last day at the beach up in the room.

Brenna, our social butterfly, met herself a friend. They enjoyed sitting and visiting. They were too cute just hanging out together!

After a little (ok- a LOT ) of prompting, Macie Claire befriended a little girl that was there by herself with her parents. The little girl was a lot younger than Macie, but they had a blast together! Right up until the little girl had to go in and take a nap. It totally broke Macie's heart. But I was super proud of her for branching out and making a new friend!

After both of their new friends left, it was back to sand digging for these two!

AND visits to the ice cream truck! Yes, I said visitS! They made two this day. After all, we were on VACATION!!! Might as well live it up. That is what memories are made of.
And my hope from the "great vacation of 2016" is that Brenna and Macie came away with some wonderful memories of having fun and family time. I know that I sure did. It was an epic vacation, and I am thankful for the opportunity to provide this for them. I know that I sure enjoyed the time with my family. I love the stage of life that we are in right now. The girls are old enough to go and do pretty much anything that we want to do. They are fun, and we all enjoy just being together! This is a vacation that will go down as one of the best in my book!
Before we knew it, it was time to pack up. Our beach time was done for 2016. I was ready to head home (after one more vacation stop on Saturday), but I was sad to leave my beach chair behind.

Luckily, my family shares my love for the beach! So, it wasn't a good bye- only a "see ya next year" to my favorite chair at the edge of the ocean!