Rehoboth Beach, DE - Pronounced REHOBUTH

On June 15, 2012 - we decided to take one of Brian's Summer Fridays Off to visit Rehoboth Beach, DE.  Since we only live 2 hours away, it is silly that we have never gone before!

We met a MOPS/Bible study friend, Heather, there.  Her family owns a cute little cottage there!  Her son, Gabe, is really fun and SO super smart.  He's been reading since the last year and he's only one month older than Michael.

Not too happy about the hand holding, but they are 5 so I'm not going to stress out about it...yet

The waves were HUGE HUGE HUGE that day. 

Michael ran away from many of them:

Then there was time for getting buried in the sand:

Might I add - HAPPILY buried in the sand:

The sea was angry my friends, and it was SUPER SUPER Windy.  We used our umbrella for wind shelter instead of sun shelter. It was SERIOUSLY warm there in that shaded part under the umbrella:

We spent the whole day walking to and from the beach, exploring the boardwalk, playing in the sand, splashing in the water!

Heather was a great host!  It was awesome to just park at her house, and walk to the beach.  We even got to shower at her house.  It was so convenient!  And of course, she was great company along with Gabe.

We stopped at a BBQ place and had semi-mediocre BBQ at exorbitant prices.  Then, stopped at Rita's before heading home.

Judging by this picture, Michael had a good time:

Fun Family Field Trip!  Unfortunately, my closest Hobby Lobby in Dover was closed by the time we drove by after 8pm.  :(

Bows and Arrows!

Michael asked me for this crazy bow and arrow set with soft squishy arrows at a specialty toy store - It was $30.

$30 is a toy for Christmas, Michael.

Well, a friend of mine had it at her house and she said she got it at the local huge awesome grocery store for $19.

SOLD - Let's buy 2 - one for Abbey and one for Michael to play with.

I meant - one for Brian and one for Michael.

Here is Brian taking aim:

Very unusual choice for artillery replacement:

The boys taking aim:

First target practice:

I made a HUGE target practice that consisted of 6 rings made out of pool noodles.  Found the idea from Family Fun and it was a HUGE hit!  Never took pictures of it though...

Pest Control

I know the cynical parent - might think the "pests" I am talking about would be the kids in the backgrounds of this picture.

But I am not the cynical parent.  Nope, not today.

Chopsticks can be used for multiple applications other than eating.  We have used them to grab many a thing in tight spaces.

Brian Mr. Miyagi-ed this crazy looking spider.

It is worth it to enlarge these pictures if you want to really get a good look at things.

I LOVE how the kids wanted to get in the background and do silly things. It is so awesome to have them around!  Thank God for my Nifty Fifty (50mm f1.4) and the ability to shoot pretty open.

This one of Abbey cracks me up.  And then my photographer-nerd self gets distracted by the awesome hexagonal bokeh at the top of the image...ooohh...laaaa....laaa...