The Beach

Pop-pop read as the girls buried his feet in the sand.

Grandma held the baby.

Mark and Ella tried kite flying.

Abby and Leo discovered the baby's tent.

Ella and Daniel worked on a sand castle.

Leah and Lars flew the monkey kite.

Luke and Leah spent an entire day at the beach. Lots to do!

Sharon and Siena; Pop-pop still reading...

The big boys got out the kayak and Daniel ran and jumped in for the first ride.

Daniel spent hours moving sand.

Mark celebrated his birthday with an ocean kayak ride.

Abby, the little bathing beauty.

Abby doing the "sand crab walk."

Jason bringing in the monkey kite.

Lars and Mark untangling the kite strings.

Laurel checking her messages.

to be continued....

The Beach House - Sea Calls and The CRAB!

Luke and Daniel discovered the swing - good for a long period of fun.

The kids ran up and down the stairs both inside and outside. They ran through the house and checked out every room. They had a wonderful time burning all that energy!

Abby helped Pop-pop in the kitchen. Rich cooked all the evening meals.

Jason read to the kids.

Pop-pop read to the kids.

Mark read to the kids.

Mark and Lars tried to have a serious game of chess.

After dinner Daniel swiped the board clean, thus ending the chess match.

Lars helped Leah hold baby Siena.

THE CRAB

In the evenings the guys would gather some flashlights and the older kids and take them to look for sand crabs on the beach. The first night they brought home the crabs to show Pop-pop. They had three very large crabs in their sand pail.

 Pop-pop reached into the pail to touch one of the crabs and it crawled up his hand and jumped out of the bucket.  

A perfect camouflage...

"Here, Crabby, crabby"

The next night they let the crabs go on the beach before they returned to the house.

 

Sunset over the Sound

The house we stayed in was part of a resort that had a club house, indoor pool, exercise room, tennis courts, a great playground, and a walk to Albemarle Sound.  Our last evening there we walked out to the pier to watch the sunset.

Pop-pop, Luke and Daniel - looking for sea monsters.

Happy Chaos came to an end.

Thanks everyone for making this a great family time.

Family Gathering in Duck, NC

We had a wonderful week with the entire family on the Outer Banks in Duck, North Carolina from September 15 through the 22nd.

For a beautiful photo journal, see Laurel's blog at http://www.larslaurel.blogspot.com/2012/09/outer-banks-vacation.html.

I hope to write on this blog with more photos soon.

Siena Marie at 3 weeks

Siena and I had a few quiet moments, so I snapped a few pictures...She has a lovely little pink cradle to lie in during the day.