Day at the beach!!!

We spent the day at Cape Henlopen last Sunday with some friends from church!!!  It was perfect weather!  It was also perfect to spend one more long day in the hot sunshine and splash in the ocean waves before school began!

Dave and Darlene invited us and Merv's to go with them to the beach.  Darlene planned our lunch and the men grilled cheeseburgers beside the beach while Mike finished up his 25 mile bike ride!  Austin wasn't a huge fan of the sand.  (I think he has to be the mode for it because just on Monday when we were at another beach, he loved it!!!)  It took him a little while to enjoy it but when Jeremiah and Matthew started helping Austin build a sand castle, that seemed to help!!! :)))

Ashlyn absolutely loved the ocean again!!!  She's such a water duck and spent the entire day in the water or collecting sea shells!!!

There were so many little sand crabs that the kids kept catching!

And here is our set up!!!!  It looks like we had the beach to ourselves but truth is, this was after 6PM that I took this photo!  There were plenty of people just up from our set up earlier in the day.  And the reason this was taken at 6 PM is because it was that late before we gave one thought of wrapping things up.  The day was so gorgeous and we all had a blast and the day went by way too fast!!!

The men had a great time too!!!

And look at this cute couple and our lunch set up!!!  What could beat hot burgers with fresh toppings all served on surf boards on the beach!!!???!!!  Add cold drinks and some fresh salsa and watermelon, it was just so fun!!!!

 I grabbed Austin's kite before leaving early this morning.  When we went to fly it, it was missing a stick but we found a piece of drift wood from the ocean that worked well!!!!  :)

We are calling it a day but I'm convinced that the best "beach hours" might be in the evening.  The sun was not so hot and the sky was this gorgeous blue and the landscape was down right beautiful!

We got all packed up and washed off in the public shower houses before stopping at Grotto's Pizza for a late supper before driving home!  We were all tired and hungry and by the time we arrived at Grotto's, Austin was already sleeping.  The pizza was good and the home was long!  All I wanted to do was close my eyes.  The kids all feel asleep and Mike was fighting sleep too.  We turned on YouTube and played some of our favorite dating songs.  That's one way to keep us two awake!

Thank you so much Dave's and Merv's for the fun day!!!!  Now we move on to school and many sporting events.