Ocean Shores

This Saturday we headed over to Ocean Shores to spend the day. It was a beautiful day there and the kids were excited to see the water and beach.  The first thing Jared said when we got there was "are we in England?"  Not sure why he thought we were there, but hey it was funny none the less.

We stopped at the main beach when we got there and let everyone out.  The kids were thrilled to get out of the car and see the "big pool" as they called it. 

The tide was out when we first got there, but was slowly coming in.  The kids were enjoying walking in the water and running away as it came closer.  This is when Carys' day was ruined.  Carys was splashing around next to us when the 7th wave hit.  It was a biggy too.  We all ran away, but Carys didn't stand a chance.  The wave hit her over and soon covered her.  I turned to noticed what happened and ran back pulling her out of the water. She was totally immersed in the water and when I pulled her out she was a mess. 

This is a picture Aaron took from the van.  He had gone back to grab the camera and had no idea what was going on or what he was taking a picture of.  I had just pulled Carys out of the water.

Poor girl!  She had sand in her nose, ears, mouth in her diaper, everywhere.

We went back to the vans and got Carys all dried off and changed.  I had planned ahead and brought 2 extra sets of clothes for each kid. Little did I know that I should have brought an extra set for me too.  Good thing it was warm, we all dried out and then we started playing in the sand. 

Ally flying one of the kites.

(Blogger isn't letting me change the size on the rest of these pics.  Any idea why?)

Ally and Lindsey

Jared

Carys all dried off, but not happy.  This poor girl wasn't very happy the rest of the day.
She never went back down to the water, which was alright.  Someone else just stayed back with her.

Dad, Steve and Jared sitting in Mom and Dads van munching on Oreos.

Jared flying his airplane kite

Trying to play

Steve and Ally

Jared with his 2 castles and some pringles.

She smiled!

Cheese

Carys had a thing against built castles.  She would find one and then kill it.

That's my cutie

We left the beach once the tide came up to our van tires suddenly.  We left and looked around at the little stores and then decided to try some bumper boats and putt putt golf.

We then stopped for dinner and went to the Jetti.

The family with the Jetti

(L-R)

Jared, Mom, Allyson, Dad, Steve, Carys with Lindsey

Allyson with her faves

Carys

Here she comes.  "Please pick me up!"

The Jetti in the evening right before sundown.

We had a good time minus a few hiccups, but what trip doesn't have some hiccups.  Some got a bit redder then we were before, and some of us are still hurting, but it was a good day.