Beach Week

We LOVE the beach house!



















Kaitlin as a toddler....

and at the same ice cream shop as a 10 year old.












Open sand and waves, all to themselves...



"Charlie" is half pelican, half dinosaur, I am convinced. In any case, he lives on the pier and Jax had us all laughing with his Charlie impersonation.




The kids had a blast on the Surrey. An afternoon biking along the beach = fun....and exhaustion!







A little too much beach house fun...she was asleep 10 minutes into the trip home.




Such a blessing to be able to have had this time....





We have been going to the beach house each Summer for the past 17 years. It is a wonderful tradition for our family. A week to just be together and share the sun, sand, ocean, relaxation and more laughs than we can keep track of.

Oceanside is a beautiful beach and we just love the town of Carlsbad. There is always plenty of time on the sand and in the water, but we also fill our days with reading, games, trips into town to shop and see a movie, our fave Pizza Port, walks to the pier, bonfires with s'mores on the patio and, maybe my favorite,...sleeping in close quarters, where I can see and hear my babies slumbering next to me, smiles on their sleeping faces as they dream of the fun day they've had.

This year felt a little more special than years past because we've had a rough year and looked forward to beach week, knowing there we could almost hide from the yucky stuff and just enjoy our lazy days. We all also know that next year, for the first time in so very long, we won't be at the Oceanside beach house as we'll be on the beach in Maine for Travis' wedding. The girls were sad to leave today and Jackson blew a kiss to the house, promising he would be back again.