Matthaei Family to the Beach

On their next to last day in Texas (Sunday, July 6th) we decided to head to the beach. The girls (and Aidan) needed to get in some ocean time before heading back to the Colorado mountains. Charlotte sacrificed her just cleaned SUV for the trip down. Aunt Shelly is not fond of the beach but actually enjoyed watching the kids have their fun. We packed up a sandwich & chips picnic lunch and found a spot on the beach to park our SUVs. Seashells & Seabeans were brought home for a trip back to Colorado.

Sophie & Kara (and Bryan under the board) surf the ocean.

Joanna, Kara & Sophie hit the waves - and again, Bryan is wiped out (see blond head @ bottom left of picture.)

Seashells are fun to find. Poor girls were only allowed to bring 10 home to Colorado with them.

The boys are building their own sand castles.

All the kiddos are taking a break from the water and playing in the sand.

Pappy and Joanna had some time to themselves looking for sand crabs then went for a quick dip in the ocean to clean off the sand. While out "crabbing" they found a pretty cool seabean that I am sure will hit the classroom on show-n-tell day in Colorado.

And of course I can't help but add the cutie pie Aidan to the mix of pictures. He is just such a handsome little guy.