Beach photos....part 4

This is the last of my beach week favorites.
We set up a group photo right before we got in our cars to head home on Saturday.

Love this silly photo of Jenna. She was showing me her teeth. If you look closely you can see that she has extra teeth right now on the bottom. She still has not lost her baby teeth, but the permanent teeth have decided to come in behind her baby teeth. The baby teeth are barely hanging on, but she refuses to let anyone pull them.
You know I'm a sucker for feet photos....so here is a new twist. Feet photo with a reflection of my kids in the water.

Photo by Jacob....

Beach Photos....part 3

Our little sand girl.... Jenna took a nap on the beach on our last day there...
The swing bridge leading to Topsail Island (and Surf City)...
Jellyfish! We saw them all over the beach during low tide, but never in the water. Yuck!

By the end of the week we were calling her "Gidget". She became a real pro at boogie boarding and body surfing and we couldn't get her out of the water!

Jenna wanted a beach name for Jacob too....so we called him "Moon Doggy" (for the life of me, I could not remember any of the characters on Gidget. We used to watch the reruns on Nickelodeon, but I remember Moon Doggy from either Gidget or some other beach movie)


Love how you can see the beach and the ocean in his glasses (oh yeah - and me in my swimsuit. That is the ONLY photo you'll see of me in my swimsuit. YIKES!)!
Surf City Pier.....

Up close and personal with Mr. Crab! He stayed in front of me for a long time and let me take lots of photos! This is definitely one of my favorite photos of the week!
Sharks teeth! The people next door taught us how to find shark's teeth...so Jacob was on a mission! He found over 100 in two days!
Practicing her tumbling skills on the beach....
Another sunset over the Intercoastal Waterway....

Beach Photos....part 2

Looking for sharks teeth.... Sunset over the Intercoastal Waterway....
Chris demonstrating his boogie boarding skills.....

We saw so many pelicans. They would fly right over our house and then swoop down in the waves to get their food.

Ahhhh.....I miss it already!

Jenna and Aunt Becca....


Jacob found this starfish in the ocean. He was so excited about his find!!

Beach photos....part 1

Wow....I took a ton of beach photos! I finally found some time to sit down and go through them so I could post some on here. I'll spare you and won't share all 450+ photos with you, but here are some of my favorites. As usual, I have a lot of favorites, so stay tuned for beach photos part 2 and 3 and....

Day 1....Tropical Storm Cristobal

Our home for the week....


We were able to get a beach wheelchair from the police department for Becca to use on the beach and in the water. Of course, everyone else had to try it out.

Chris' dad.....

Becca and Chris....

Jacob and Jenna...


Our ever-growing shell collection on the deck. There was a great shell bed right in front of our house and we found tons of shells, especially after the tropical storm.