Silver Beach

The kids have been asking for most of the summer if we would take them to the beach.

When they are parents they will understand that it isn't so easy to just take 5 kids to the beach.

We checked the weather and water temp and our Saturday was open, so we surprised the kids and took them up there.  They had a blast.  There were warm spots in the water and the kids didn't mind that the water was still kinda chilly.

 Brigsters first experience with sand.

 He held it in his hand for a short bit.

 Then shoved it in his mouth. He was not impressed.

 I think he preferred to sit in the stroller and eat his snacks and watch the kids play in the sand.

 Little Miss is growing up too fast.

 After we packed up all our stuff on the beach, we went for a walk on the pier.  I looked at Lucy and told her she could take a nap, she willingly went to sleep.

 Josey was also more than compliant with taking a nap.

 This boat was HUMONGOUS.  This picture doesn't do it justice.

It was massively huge.  It would be an awesome ride, I'm sure.

 We then went to the fountains and rinsed all the sand off.

The air temp was only 82, so the water still felt a bit chilly.

 We changed our clothes and walked up to the South Bend Chocolate factory for this yummy treat.

Matt got lots of looks as he was carrying it to our table, but then people realized he wasn't going to be eating it alone.

 It was super yummy.