Playing in the sand

Well, I've finally made it through the plethora of photos from our vacation. Because we did so many activities on more than one day, it seemed to make the most sense to put them into categories and share them that way. Now my goal is to blog about all of them before Jacob's birthday this Sunday. An ambitious goal but I'm going to give it a try!

I decided to start with our fun in the sand since no vacation at the beach is complete without a castle and at least one big hole!

Count on Grandpa to help.

Nana isn't half bad at building things either!

Zack made up some game using Army men and a bucket of water. The dialog was the best part...I wish I could remember what he said!

My parents are lucky to have some really great neighbors. Across the street lives a couple who have four daughters who are around the same ages as my sister and me. Lucky for us, that means there are grandchildren...and playmates for the boys! (I have some really great pictures of them playing but don't like to post kids photos without permission. They will be in the scrapbook though!) Zachary made himself at home in a big hole that the older boys were digging. The ledge was just too tempting as a chair. (He did provide a little muscle as well!)

Evidence that Mommy went on vacation too...and didn't just sit around all day! Jacob and I gave paddle ball a try. Hopefully, we'll be able to actually hit it back and forth next year.

Brothers creating.

Nana builds a tunnel.

Jacob added water. I didn't have the heart to take photos of the demolition that followed!