final days on the coast.

Our last 2 days at Seabrook were some of my favorite. The weather surprised us and we were able to spend most of our day outside. 

The morning started with the kids helping make breakfast. They love helping me bake and cook and it's been fun to watch them get excited when they can contribute to a meal. Fruit salad with eggs, bacon and toast...yum!

Carter admired his trading cards and then it was off to the pool (again!).

We came back and the kids played more card games with Grandma and Grandpa Vance. Old Maid and War were our favorites from the week!

Simon napped and I settled in with a good book to relax. Then, the sun was out and we got outside!!!

We walked over to Stumptown so the kids could play in the old, big trees and then walked over to gnome forest to explore and build our own little gnome homes.

Since the sun was still shining and we had all afternoon we headed back down to the beach for more play time.

Simon dug in the sand for a bit before wanting to go back home and play baseball with Matt. So the boys headed back to the house while I stayed on the beach with Carter and Lucy. A fun bonus of the week was meeting up with some friends from home for the final day. They were visiting Seabrook for the first time and it was fun to show them our favorite spots. Their kids are the same ages as Carter and Lucy so the kids played together on the beach for over an hour!

The boys were determined to find clams and spent most of their time digging away. They excitedly ran back to us after a while to show us their clams, which turned out to be broken sand dollars. Ha! At least they had fun!

That night our 2 families had dinner together and then walked over to the covered fireplace for s'mores!

On our final morning the boys headed to the pool for one last swim while Lucy and I stayed back for a final dip in the hot tub. It was pretty rainy and windy so even thought the water was warm the rain hitting our faces wasn't the most enjoyable. We cleaned the house, packed up our things and made 1 final stop at the sweet shop before climbing into the car for the long drive back home.

These trips, family time and memories make all the crazy packing, food buying and long days of prep so worth it. Spring break 2018 was the best! And a huge thank you to Matt's parents for coming with us, sharing the expenses and helping with the kids. We couldn't do it without them. (Now....time to dream up the next family getaway!!)