Beach Trip

Two moms, ten kids, one gorgeous day at the beach.

Going to the "big" beach without my husband doesn't usually happen in our family.  While the beaches up here in the panhandle are beautiful, they are a little rougher than the beaches I grew up going to in south Florida.  The waves here are pretty big and the slope of the beach, while fine for older kids, just doesn't work with little ones.    

My boys love the bigger waves of the big beach though.  A friend and I were going to try to swap kids so the boys would be able to go the beach while the girls stayed behind this time, but that morning was beautiful and the beach website said green flag so we (both of which had deployed hubbies) threw on our swimsuits and braved the beach with our ten kiddos. It went perfectly.  The weather was breezy, the water was calm and the kids were happy.

The boys were a bit disappointed at first that there were no waves to boogie board on, but being able to swim out to the sandbar where the water went from being over their heads to just up to their knees again kept them happy.  Really, just being at the beach with their best friends made them happy.  

Gabe keeping safe from the sand.

We are enjoying where the Air Force has us.