Virginia Beach Trip

Wow... life just sort of happened these past few weeks and I haven't had anytime to finish my posts on our summer vacation to Virginia. We've had a lot of family in town and celebrated Rylan and Addilyn's birthdays... I'll post about those later... Although it's more for me, I'd like to finish a few posts about our beach vacation this past summer. We got home 4 weeks ago today so it seems a little outdated, but the memories are all still there. It was so much fun!

For the last few days of our Virginia trip we headed down to Virginia Beach, Virginia. We stayed in a hotel right on the boardwalk which meant that our hotel overlooked the beach. It was absolutely beautiful and tons of fun to be so close!

The view from our balcony...


This is Rylan pushing Addilyn in the stroller as we waited for the very slow elevator to arrive. Addilyn was laughing as Rylan ran into the walls and played peak a boo from behind. We were on our way to the beach for the very first time for these two little ones.


Rylan loved it!!


Addilyn... didn't want anything to do with it!


Eventually, she got used to just sitting in the sand.. she explored it for a little bit. Poking at it and digging her finger into it...


She was so cute as she'd pinch some of the sand and bring it closer to her face to get a closer look. Can you see that look of disgust on her face in the picture below? Lol... She's thinking... "What is this stuff?"


She started laughing and clapping her hands (her signal for fun)!


So I figured she was comfortable enough and thought I'd try sitting closer to the water. Surprisingly, she crawled to me...


Life was good until water from a wave had reached us....


Then we had to start all over again... but by the second day at the beach I'm proud to say that she enjoyed splashing around in the water and playing in the sand!


Rylan didn't have any problem with the water or sand. His favorite thing to do was to run through the shallow water that went over the shoreline after the waves had crashed. He'd run into the water then turn around and run up to beach and then run back into the water over and over again. He was in heaven!


Rylan playing with his dump truck...perfect toy for the beach for this little guy who is obsessed with his cars.


He had no problem playing in the sand. He'd fill his bucket and then dump it over and over. He did enjoy throwing the sand though... frustrating to get him to understand why it was a bad thing... he sure didn't mind getting the sand all over him though :)


We took a walk down to the pier. Rylan of course loved running around the poles. I love how he looks so content in every one of these pictures.


Look at this stylish Mother of mine down at the beach! I'm so grateful we were able to spend that time with her! She was such a huge help with the kids too!! I couldn't have done it without her. Thanks Mom!!


Rylan, early morning, walking on the boardwalk!


Although we spent a lot of time down at the beach.... we did do a few other things while we were down there. That will be in the next post though... so yes.. more to come of our Virginia vacation :)