September Beach Get-Away

What a blessing it is to have a grandfather who owns a beach house in Ocean City RIGHT ON THE BEACH! You step off the back deck right onto the sand. He didn't have any renters for one week in September so he let us go down with some of our dearest friends. What memories we made! The Bangs, The Sohns, and the Decarlos all joined us for a long weekend trip. Having 7 toddlers and 3 newborns all together was sure to be chaotic, but I have to admit that it was "fun" chaos! The kids all did great sleeping and we really had a terrific time. It wasn't great beach weather except for one of the day, but we still managed to have tons of fun. We took the kids to the boardwalk rides two nights. And, on the last night there, we put the kids to bed early and enjoyed the best crab feast we had ever had. The crabs were huge, delicious, and seasoned just right. There's nothing better than some large crabs, some cold beer, and hot corn on the cob! Exhaustion set in on the last day because all of us adults couldn't seem to get to bed before 3am each night - the fellowship and fun was too sweet! I love the pictures from the trip - anyone notice that Madison is the only "white girl?!!" hehehehehe.....