OC 2013

Kenn and I were able to sneak out of work for 2 days so we took a 4 day trip to OC this year.

Brandon had been asking to go back since last year so we were very excited to get back.

Another big reason was this was Lily's first time at the beach!

We drove down on Friday morning, had no traffic got lunch and went to the beach.

We had a tent that someone had given us previously but never used.

It was pretty fantastic, it gave good shade for Lily and a place to put all of our stuff 

without getting sand everywhere. 

Day 1 at the beach. 

Lily.loved.it.

Below is her first time in the water

Brandon is like a teenager now!

He got a boogie board and everything!

Lily did not really like the non-wet sand.

She would sit in the tent and use the shovel to scoop it,

but not interested in putting her feet in it.

It was actually a blessing in disguise because I was able to keep her inside the tent 

without fear of her walking away. sort of like an invisible fence for babies.

I tried to get her to nap in the tent and even though she was VERY tired, and would lay down,

i was unsuccessful. 

i buried brandon like a merman

 Brandon and Daddy made a sand castle and moat

So second day not so great... Lily woke up with a fever. We went out for breakfast,

then picked up medicine for her and she slept in the room with me while the guys went to the beach.

around noon we went to the beach. lily wanted NOTHING to do with the water today.

I did put a bucket of water at the tent and she would splash in that.

She just hung around the tent for 2 hrs, and we gave up. 

That night we went to dinner and the boardwalk and Lily just hung out in the stroller. 

Brandon got to play his annual arcade games and we did a quick walk around.

(I also got lily a old time photo)

The boys dropped us off early at the room and they went to round 1 putt putt

Day 3 Lily was back to normal!

I was getting ready to take her to the DR so I was very happy her fever went away. 

We went to the beach again, Lily was better but not loving the ocean this day.

(I think due to the weather not being very warm)

After a few hours, Lily and Kenn took a nap and Brandon and i went to the pool.

After naps we drove up to Rehobeth Beach for dinner and walked their boardwalk for the first time.

I think in the future we would rather do that one... 

A lot more family friendly and cleaner.

Below are the kids at the boardwalk

After the boardwalk and icecream, Brandon and I had our date night Putt Putt.

Kenn has more pictures (some of brandon on his boogie board) so i will try to upload those soon. The last day of the trip we checked out and went back to Rehobeth to the outlets where we did some shopping, had lunch and drove home. It was a fantastic little trip, long enough to feel like a vacation but exhausting hauling a bunch of kids stuff to the beach and back. Kenn and I joked that we needed a real vacation just the two of us to relax from that one. but everyone survived our first beach trip as a family of 4 and had a blast doing it!