The Beach '14: The Burying Of Ben and Nick

It wouldn't be a day at the beach without digging a giant hole and then burying someone it said hole!

The Beach '14: More Fun At The Beach

More fun at the beach including sand castles, refreshing waves and little (and not little) fish nipping at our toes.  

The Beach '14: Oh Pool Boys...

They mean business, cleaning out the pool and ridding it of dead frogs.

The Beach '14: Morning Visitors

And sometimes you didn't even need to leave the front porch to feed the ducks!

The Beach '14: Lots and Lots of Ducks!

This place is crawling, hopping, waddling, swimming, with wildlife! There is a duck pond in the middle of the neighborhood. And there were a lot of ducks! The boys liked going to feed them after dinner.

The Beach '14: Hermit Crabs!

In addition to frogs, the beach also had an abundance of hermit crabs. Oh, you have never seen such excited boys when they had their very own hermit crabs! We didn't keep them for long but we acquired several more throughout the week. 

The Beach '14: Sun, Sand and Surf!

Ahhh, white sand beaches and beautiful clear water! And for the Gulf in July, the water was cold!! The marine buoy says the water temperature was between 80 and 85, but I swear it felt more like 70-75! Lake Erie had to have felt warmer. But it was a very refreshing water temperature, not like the bath water in the pool or you usually expect in July in the Gulf. 

The boys had fun playing in the waves and digging holes in the sand. Nick's only mission was to dig holes. 

Wave Ninja