Trip to PA Part 2

We decided to head to the beach on Tuesday for the day.  It was going to be one of the warmest days of the week and there was no rain in the forecast and it turned out to be a beautiful day.  If anything, it was a little bit on the chilly side because there was a lot of wind but all you had to do was lay down on a beach towel to start sweating, the wind wouldn't hit you there I guess.  Libby slept most of the 2 hour drive there which was a big blessing.  When we got there I dug her a little perch in the sand and she hung out for a while 

She probably assumed she was in her bouncer seat

The girls got right to work with their shovels and buckets in the sand.  Dave took them down by the water but I think that was as wet as they got during the whole day, the water was cold.

Daddy and the girls

Instead they spent a lot of time digging holes and catching crabs with Pops.  Mimi had bought a bunch of hoagie sandwiches so at lunchtime we ate in shifts at the pier which was a short walk from our spot on the beach.  After lunch the kids went right back to playing.  I held Emily for a while thinking that maybe she would go down for a nap but she was way too distracted.  David laid down with Haley too and she laid there for a while but never fell asleep.  Grandma and Grandpa DeWalt came along which turned out to be a super nice for us because Grandma held Libby through most of her afternoon nap!  David ended up being the only one who actually got in the water.  He swam around and rode some waves in, we all thought he was crazy.  We headed out around 5pm and the girls fell asleep almost right away in the van.  We stopped about thirty minutes later for dinner at Chick Fil A which worked out well because then they didn't sleep too long and were able to go right to sleep when we got home.  

Hard at work

Cousins in the sand

 WEDNESDAY we woke up to a pancake breakfast made by Pops.  We didn't have much planned for the day except for a facetime date with Aunt Rin!  She caught up with her on facetime and she gave us the details of her upcoming trip to Nigeria (actually at this point in time they are already back, haha!).  It was cool to talk to Rin for a while, we missed her so much this visit!  Grandma and Grandpa DeWalt had invited us for lunch and they live not even a mile away so we decided to walk to their house and stop at the playground on the way.  I'm sure we looked like quite the parade walking down mainstreet with a bunch of strollers and scooters.  We stopped at the playground at the community center for a while.  

It was a perfect opportunity for a cousins' picture.  Except Haley wasn't cooperating and I didn't know because I was feeding Libby.  Her aunts were a little soft on her I guess!  Aunt Kimi made those adorable matching dresses for Ellie and Emy: the first set of 'twins'

When we got to Grandma's house she had a big lunch spread all ready for us.  The kids ate and then played in Grandma's living room and out on her porch.

I immediately passed Libby off to Grandpa so I could eat.  Haha, just kidding

Haley and Emy playing with Jay.  Isn't that dress adorable?!  Kimi made it!!

Changing Libby's diaper at Grandma's.  It looks like Ellie and Clark were getting tired!

Playing on the porch, I'm guessing Haley was the baby?

After Grandma's house we went home and put the kids down for naps.  Then those of us who don't nap (the adults and Calla and Kelsey) swam in the pool for a while until the littles work up and joined us.  Haley and Emily had so much fun swimming in the pool this year.  I bought Haley a puddle jumper and in retrospect I should have bought one for Emily too because she was all about getting in the water and she made me a little nervous.  Haley considered swimming with her puddle jumper on to be actual swimming (opposed to being lifted up by a flotation device and randomly swinging her legs which is what it was).  A couple times I heard her mentioning, to no one in particular, that she was a great swimmer.  I even heard her singing a song about how she was the best swimmer.  Oh my.  Well I didn't break it to her, maybe next summer.  

Clark, Haley and Calla.  They are all the oldest in their respective families

Mimi made a huge lasagna for dinner and an ice cream caramel dessert.  Everything was so good and my kids ate tons after playing in the pool all afternoon (except Libby, I feel like that goes without saying...).  After dinner we put the kids down and played games for a bit before bed.

Dinner outside, the weather was so perfect

Next time I will hopefully close up our trip to PA posts, it probably seems like we were there forever, haha!