Thankful for Beach Days

We love when my brother and his family come to visit.  I really don't know what it's going to take to get them to just move here already, but I think they came seven times in 2016.  Partly that was because they had Disney season passes, but I like to think it's also because they miss us so much.  I know this next year we won't see them nearly as much and I'm really going to miss them!  They were here for just a couple of days at Thanksgiving, and we spent one of those days at the beach and I finally took my nice camera for once.  I love watching the kids play together and the men like to fish and I get to chat with my sister in law and walk around and look for shells.  It's so nice that all the kids are older now and can swim so it really does feel more relaxing.  Here are some of my favorite pics from our beach day!

The boys and their dads fishing behind them.

I love that they like to play in the sand with the cousins.  My boy usually hates the sand.

My brother caught a tiny, but scary looking fish!  The kids had a bucket of tiny creatures they found as well.  I always love that every time at the beach is different!

I love this photo of my favorite boy!  I love the water glistening behind him.

My pretty girl and Debbie with her favorite nephew. :)

Since I already have quite the shell collection and I've gotten really picky about which shells I keep, I decided recently to start collecting shells based on a different theme each time I go to the beach.  This day's theme was blue, grey and purple.  

Love this!  The blue sky and her sweet smile and her pony tail swinging.  

Perfect beach day.