A long day at Long Beach!

We spent the day at the beach on Monday and it was a long but fun day. 6 kids ranging in age from 8 months to 16 years and one little dog and a crazy mom. It was a windy but beautiful day however, with 4 kids wanting to run in the ways, one dog wanting to chase kites and birds, one little girls crying because she got sand in her eye (5 mins after we arrived) and a baby in the back pack pulling my hair out, my perspective of a relaxing day on the beach was a bit altered. After about an hour of playing with sand in her eye, Kadie decided she wanted to play in the van and never go the beach again. Lucy was drenched and Issie was whining. Thank goodness for Melanie (Brad's 16 year old cousin who is staying with us for the summer), since she stayed with the kids and played on the beach for another 2 hours while I kept everyone else happy at the van. Then we got ice cream, I got to go to the awesome bead shop there and we headed home. Starving by the time we got to Vancouver we stopped for Panda, unfortunately I left something on in the car and the battery died. So after 10 hours of beach and driving we were salty, sanding, sleepy, stinky, snippy and stuck. Then after some mix up and an hour more of waiting we finally got someone to come jump the car (thanks Nello, but you still owe me a margarita!). The kids were all passed out when we got home and most of them went to bed yucky. Oh well, we survived and it was mostly fun, at least that is what the kids remember.

Kadie momentarily happy at the beach.

Getting chased by the waves.


Lucy got soaked.
Issie in the back pack.

Lyney fighting the wind.

Kadie fighting the sand.

Jack, always having fun.

The gang (minus Kadie who would not get out of the van for the picture)

The crazy mom who thought she could do this. I survived.