Weekend Trip to Seabrook

A few months ago, I learned that Brent and Susie had decided to come out to Washington for their Spring Break and go to Seabrook to stay at Chris' beach house for part of the time.  When I went to look at my calendar, I realized that their trip to the ocean was at the same time that Lia's school district had a half day one day and no school the next day.  So, I quickly decided that we would join them at Seabrook along with my parents and Chris and his kids (minus Garrett who was on a scout camp out).  We haven't been there since Father's Day of 2014 when Ella was a newborn, so it was fun to go on this little road trip to the coast with my kiddos to be with my family.

Since it was a half day, we picked Lia up from school right at 12:45 and made it out to Seabrook by 3 p.m. as we were able to avoid the evening traffic.  After unpacking the car, the kids immediately wanted to change into swimsuits and hit the indoor pool before dinner.  Here are Ella and Logan heading into the pool.

After almost an entire school year of swim lessons, Logan has gotten really comfortable around the water as can be seen in this picture above.  He even started diving into the pool during this trip.

As always, Lia had the time of her life running around with her older cousins.  Here she is jumping into the pool with Sarah looking on.

Uncle Brent played a game with Logan that involved slapping the wet noodles on the surface of the pool.  Here is Logan trying to get Brent with them.

Logan carrying his noodles.

My little fish getting back into the water.

One of the reasons why Lia and Logan were so excited to go to Seabrook was so that they could sleep in the awesome, built-in bunk beds the first night we were there.  Here is Logan all dressed in his pajamas and ready for bed!

And Lia, too.

An outside shot of the adorable bunk bed room.

After breakfast on Friday, we headed out to the beach for the morning.  Here are the kids exploring the awesome tree stump house before walking to the beach.

Logan and the girls heading down the trail to the beach.

The kids had to stop and explore some of the amazing fairy and gnome houses that other children have built in the forest. 

True to Washington form, the beach was cold and windy that morning, but it wasn't rainy...so we were grateful for that! The kids had a great time playing in the sand and in the surf.

Uncle Brent, Kelsey, Sarah, Lia, and Ella on the beach (Logan refused to be in the picture).

My girls and me.

Lia playing with a piece of drift wood.

Ella running wild in the dunes.

Logan writing his name in the sand.

The adorable "Pay the Troll Toll" sign found in the fairy/gnome forest on one side of the foot bridge.

Notice that some people have actually left money in the empty oyster shell.

The kids enjoying an afternoon snack in the kitchen.

In addition to going to the pool on Friday afternoon with grandpa, the kids kept busy by playing some games.  Here are Ella and Lia playing hide-the-thimble with Kelsey and Sarah.

After Chris' family arrived last Friday night, the cousins enjoyed being together on Saturday morning on the beach.  Here is a group shot I managed to get on the beach as they headed out to the water.  From left to right: Riley, Callie, Sarah, Lia, Logan, Ella, Kelsey, Trenton, and Brynn.

The cousins running out to the freezing water.

Lia screaming after feeling the water with her toes.

Logan and Ella stayed back on the dry sand to play with their beach toys.

I broke out our two kites Saturday morning and Ella had the funnest time running up and down the shore with one of them.  It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen to see this little two-year old running free on the beach with a kite trailing behind her.

Lia and Riley also joined in the fun with our other kite.

Lia running with a kite.

Logan playing with the sand.

The kids at play.

The classic shot I got of grandpa taking a nap on a piece of drift wood on the beach.  This is something that I have seen him do on numerous beaches throughout my life.  

After returning back to beach house for one last swim in the pool and a late lunch, the kids and I packed up and headed home to be with Ron before dinner time.  We had a wonderful two days at the coast and loved this quick trip we were able to take!