Getting back into the swing of things

We have been back from the ocean for 5 days but I feel like I am just starting to get back into the swing of things... but lets back track to the ocean for a little while longer.
Most of our days were spent on the beach.. well I guess that was one of the only places I remembered to pull out my camera.
WARNING very photo happy post.

 We showed up at our camp spot at about 1 and headed to the beach shortly after.
This was the first time that the little lady was able to really play at the beach. She loved it.

The little man loved running around in the sand bare footed. As soon as we would come to the top of the dunes and you could see the ocean he was pulling off his flip flops.

While the littles played in the sand the hubby had a blast flying his kites. He was a little unsure that he was going to be able to fly since he hurt his shoulder just the week before... But he was able to fly just fine.

We spent most of out time at the beach playing on this little hill just outside of the dunes. The hill helped block most of the wind for me and the hill was fun for the littles to play on.

One day just before we were headed off to the beach the little lady face planted off the picnic table and scraped up her head pretty good. I really did not want her to get too much sand in it so I put a band aid on it and tied a bandanna around. I did not know how well she was going to keep it on but to my amazement she left it on and no sand made it into the cut.

While the little lady napped in my arms in the warm sun the little man build a 'boat' and went off 'sailing and fishing.'

On the evening of the fourth we drove down to the beach, built a little fire and enjoyed the evening.

It was a great camping trip. Relaxing and low key.
The drive home was twice as long as the drive down thanks to traffic and road work. Not having A/C did not really help the drive either.
It was nice to be home. Our house felt so BIG. It was kind of eye opening for me to realize that we could fit everything that our family needs into a 8X18 trailer but yet out 2,000 square foot house is crammed pack full of STUFF. So I feel the need to start operation de-junk.
I have read may books on simplifying but its way more than just reading it the DOING part that I need to work on. Hopefully this time I can go it since it is really starting to get under my skin.

And Im off

I hear the ocean calling my name...

Here I come!

Our camping trip

We packed the cooler with a ton of food. Loaded down the car with everything but the kitchen sink and we were off.

We took a little detour by Jessy's house so she could take a picture of our packed car.

The little man had so much fun playing in the sand with the other boys it was hard to get him in the car to leave.

We will be back at the ocean a few weeks.

At the ocean

Out enjoying the wind and the waves

Our family took a short trip to the ocean this last weekend. We had a blast just relaxing with our friends and eating hot dogs cooked over the fire. This was just a little taste of all the fun that we are going to have this summer.

Yummy sand!!!

We took a nice little trip to the ocean on Saturday with our family, my hubby's parents and our niece. It was the little mans first time in the sand and at the ocean. He seemed to have lots of fun.

It was pretty windy but about 76 degrees, so it was not cold. I tried to keep a sun hat on the little man but the wind kept blowing it off, so he had to wear his puppy beanie.

The little man enjoyed a few hand fulls of sand and tried to eat a rock.

But we all still managed to have fun. Summer is just around the corner so hopefully we will make it to the beach a few more times then we did last year.