Summer Vacation – Part II - The Beach

I finally arrived in RI to join Alyssa and Julia the Friday after they got there.  I was very ready to be on vacation.  Especially after making a couple of wrong turns on the drive up and having a long drive!  The week started off with a wonderful trip to the zoo where Julia saw Elephants, Giraffes and some very exiting turtles.   Julia loves the zoo as you can see:

From the zoo we headed to our beach house where we quickly unloaded the car.  However our little angel had this view the from the minute we walked in:

  so we had to head “out” to the beach.

Most of the rest of the week was spent playing in the sand, swimming, chasing birds, making new friends, relaxing and building sand castles.  Here are a few highlights:

Mom & Julia swimming in the “warm” water.

Dad relaxing while Julia plays in the sand.

Our fried the crab, Julia didn’t want to let him go but we convinced her in the end.

Julia and Dad cleaning off the sand.

The monster sandcastle that we built on the last day.

This was also the trip where we turned Julia around in her car seat.  This executive decision was made to keep peace for the second 3 and 1/2 hours of the car ride home.

We had the most wonderful vacation as a family and enjoyed all the visits from Alyssa’s family.   We can’t wait to do this again next year!!!