Beach Week

Here are pictures from beach week! We go to the beach at Atlantic Beach in North Carolina. Me and my sisters went to swim in the mickey mouse pool with dad.  A few days later, we played put put at the playground.  One time Marina got a hole in one!

We also went on a boat to Bird Shoal Island. Bird Shoal Island is a barrier island near Atlantic Beach. I used my sea scope there.  Jessa put water in my sea scope and the lens fell out so now it is broken.  We found sand dollars that were alive.  We left them where we found them, which is in the water! We also found fishies, both big and little. We saw a whole world of hermit crabs! Daddy saw a shark, but he didn't tell us until later.

Back at the resort where we stay, there was a hoola hoop competition.  It was for four minutes.  I won it!  I was tied with a teenager.

Here are some July 4th pictures! We watched fireworks with Miss Emily, one of our old neighbors from Raleigh and her family. There were more fireworks this year then there were last year.  Jessa was very scared. Miss Emily's dog ran away because she was scared of the fireworks but they found her.  She went across the road to their neighbor's house.

On Thursday, Grandma visited us at the beach! We went to Dairy Queen.  We love their ice cream as much as we love our grandma!

After grandma's visit was over,we went to the aquarium.  They have a new exhibit with penguins.

On the beach, we rode our new boogie boards on the waves.

Finally, our vacation was over and we had to go home. On the way home, we  
visited baby Ethan and his big brother Eli.  We got to eat pizza while watching Nemo. No more blogs 'till next week because this blog is over.