{yes, everyone on the beach looked at me like I was crazy when I was gathering dried, nasty seaweed to make this - it was worth it}
The best part of our Florida trip was the time we spent at the beach. We usually hit the beach right after breakfast and stayed for a few hours and then went back after dinner. I have always heard the gulf coast has the best beaches and was so happy to finally find out for myself that it is TRUE. The sand is white and the water is crystal clear and the perfect temperature! Here's an illustration of the incredible water:
{see that parachute way out there? Those were two of my nephews trying parasailing for the first time!}
Another thing that made this beach great were the lack of waves most of the time. It was perfect for our family full of young kids. However, on our last day, we had some decent waves and Allen taught Carter how to boogie board. He LOVED it and got quite good. I know Allen can't wait for Carter to get a bit older so they can enjoy even more of these kinds of things together!
{Emery SERIOUSLY hated the sand. We took her down to the beach in the stroller and she sat there almost the entire time. She took her morning naps there when we realized she would sleep if we draped this sheet over her stroller. She was a total champ on the trip!}
{There was a sandbar a ways out in the water that some of the older kids loved swimming out to every day. They had to swim and then dive about 10 feet deep to collect sand dollars off the bar. Carter amassed a huge collection that we brought home with us.}
{Night beach pics}
My best tip if you're planning a beach vacation: EVERYONE in your family should take a swim shirt. And each family member should have a different color. It was so easy to find my kids on the beach/ocean because of their different colored swimshirts. Everyone should also have a hat!
{More posts to come. Blogger is so insanely slow lately and will only let me upload 1 picture at a time. I'm not sure if it is because of my file size, my computer or blogger. This post took me almost 3 hours to put together!}
6 comments:
That looks like tons of fun! And how funny that your babes didn't like the sand. Mine preferred to eat it.
I'm so glad you got to try the Gulf beaches but can't believe how close you were! We were JUST down there. Did you hit the outlet mall? Love it. So glad you had fun, too bad babies always hate the sand.
Fantastic pictures! Makes me want to take my kids to a beach... like pronto! They've never seen the ocean; so sad! Glad you guys had such a wonderful time.
Such a bunch of cuties on the beach! Those sand dollars are awesome too, I wish the Jersey shore had them!
That beach looks insanely beautiful! The color of the sand and the water is amazing. My kids could play all day at the beach and never get bored. Sad we're now so far from the east coast :(
Q - Thanks for posting those pics. They are really beautiful!
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