Beachin' it....

Last week some of my bestest girly friends and all of our zillion kiddos packed up our cars and headed to the beach for the annual fun in the sun beach trip...just the Mamas and the off springs...WE had a blast..AND so did our beach lovin' kids....It's SO wonderful and a gift living so close to the ocean...

Here's Brandt..he loves the waves...he almost didn't make the trip as his stomach bug he caught turned to strep throat..but we managed after getting a shot in the butt..drama..remember this is why I'm having all boys..I have Brandt, Mr. Drama, and that's ENOUGH for me..the shot in his butt was over the top, you would of thought he had a butt implant put in instead of a shot..but they do hurt, but ya know..drama....after the first day or so, he was somewhat back to normal, very tired but he managed...no pics of Barrett this trip (good ones anyway....that little firecracker is to fast for my camera!!)

Here's Holly doing her exercises on the beach...what cracks me up the most is little Elizabeth in the background thinking...what IS she doin???!!! I will say I'm in a group with a bunch of health nuts, which isn't good for a friendship right? Angie is way over the top with all her ORGANIC ingredients, her smoothies are loaded with protein powder and this and that, not sure what it is, but I guarantee it's good for you..oh flax seed, ya gotta have flax seed..Not sure where I picked up these people but I did...but you know, they do kind of get me goin' on the health thing for a bit, but once I'm home I make a bee line for the MnMs that I have stashed in the cabinet....Oh, but doesn't' Holly look great!!!

Flashback....80's NAIR commercial...remember it???? We managed to have a few cold refreshing drinks on the beach...it was so relaxing...I love just hanging with the girls..the kids played and played in the water and the sand...lazy summer days, for sure....

Lola and Elizabeth...two cutie pies...We managed to make it out to our favorite Mexican place at the beach...La Playa...so yummy, it's a must...

My BFF...love her for so many different reasons....

Brandt playing on the shark...We bribed them at dinner with a promise to see the "tunnel shark" if they all did a great job at dinner, and for the most part with the long wait we had, they did pretty darn good....This is a must every year too.!!

All our zillion kiddos..they all played together great..no major melt downs to speak of...which is amazing with that number of kiddos...

These 2 are the crazy fun ones of the group, we'll we're all crazy and fun..BUT these 2 are the exception...so nutty...I love it!!!

Here's our way-to-cute beach house..LOVE the color...It was in the cutest neighborhood where all the houses where some pastel color of the rainbow and no two houses the same color..adorable..it was the perfect find..Thank you Linda for organizing such a fantastic trip..we're already looking forward to next years!! Thank you also to my girly friends for being such a wonderful group to hang out with...I couldn't ask for better girls!!! I'm looking forward to hanging out with our hubbies at our July get together!!!