The Beach

This past Wednesday, we took the kids to Oceanside for our first mini family vacation. Unfortunately, it was NO vacation! Aden hated our little place on the beach and screamed/fussed for hours each day. Then once he discovered the ocean was outside of our door, he would stand at the sliding glass door and cry. Ava was an angel, but we couldn't get either of them to take a decent nap. It turns out that Aden is quite the little water baby. He runs straight into the waves, without a care in the world. It was amazing to see that he was still so trusting of his Mommy and Daddy. He just knew that we would be right behind him when the bigs waves came to knock him over. His squeals and laughter were so precious, and we were able to get some great pictures. I tried to dip Ava's feet in the water but she would curl up her legs whenever the water would come her way-it was so sweet. She did put her toes in the wet sand, but that was enough for her I guess. On Thursday night, we decided to put the kids in the car at bedtime and drive home while they were sleeping. We were supposed to leave Friday morning to go to Lindsey Sowels' service so we figured that leaving early would be best for everyone. Sooooooo, our first family vacation was short lived, and alot more work than we thought it would be. There were some great moments though...