Bethany Beach, Delaware

Our summer of vacation continues...We returned home from BBC on a Friday (yup, I'm still blogging about July), rested Saturday, and packed up the car and headed out for Delaware on Sunday. Brian's brother Brad, his wife Stephanie, and their son Alexander were visiting Stephanie's family in Annapolis, which happens to be right on our route to Delaware. So we took the opportunity to see the family :)

For the past 2 years, our beach vacation has coincided with the Fourth of July holiday. Despite heavy traffic and TONS of beach-goers, we had a blast! My extended family rented a home for the week 3 blocks from the beach. There was a total of 7 adults and 5 children under one roof! Luckily, the house was HUGE and we had plenty of room. The holiday was on Monday and BJ got to see his first parade.

Because of the weather the fireworks were delayed til Tuesday night. I was afraid that BJ would not like the loud explosions but I was wrong. He actually pushed my hands off of his ears so he could enjoy the show!

Our family at the fireworks!

BJ really enjoyed the ocean this year. He wanted to run right into the water. The waves were a little strong for BJ so we always had to be near.

To make a safe place where the kids could play, the adults dug a ditch in the sand to collect water. The children LOVED it!

My Uncle Eddie's family was also visiting Bethany Beach the same week we were. We got together at the beach a couple of days. In total, we had 8 kids under the age of 10. It's a cool photo because it captures all 8 of my grandmother's great-grandchildren.

If you look carefully you can see Tommy in the background! He didn't care much for the waves so stayed by the blanket a lot. BJ is not looking at the camera but he's still in the picture :)

Me and BJ in the ditch. Yup, I'm wearing long sleeves at the beach. The sun is killer on my oh-so-sensitive skin!

Just a cute picture of BJ in the sand

BJ absolutely LOVES his cousins. Jacob (7 years old) is at an age where he can interact with BJ in a boyish way, like sports and wrestling and what-not. We were burying Jacob in the sand and all BJ wanted to do was jump on him!

This is one of my favorite shots from the beach.

On our way home from the beach we stopped at a Nike outlet store. BJ pulled a pair of shoes off the shelf that he HAD to try on. Wouldn't you know that they were his size! So we had a little fashion shoe in the middle of the store...

P.S. More summer vacation pictures to come. Be patient!

P.S.S. Pardon the wierd spacing in the blog. I've been working on this post for 2 weeks and I can't figure out how to space it properly!