Holden Beach 2014

 The Ervins, MacLeans, Pinhos, and Aunt Patricia packed up and headed to the beach in July for some fun in the sun. There was a good bit of sun and we did manage to have some fun thankfully. 7 kids is a lot. There was always a constant rotation of kids at the beach. Not much reading and relaxing was had by the adults as the waves crashed in the distance, but memories were made which is what matters.

We made a ditch like we did several years ago. I was thinking we were going to get to keep the big hole for awhile. But, no, they  I dug it and then they sat in it and filled the hole.

We played some tag football. We could get through usually three or four plays before one or another kid would get upset and the game ended.

The ladies all enjoyed the porch looking out at the ocean.

And to my mother's dismay, technology played a big part in the week. This was a common theme around the house.

And on the last day Miss Haven finally made it out to the beach. It's no fun putting a 4 month old in a bathing suit, lathering her with lotion to take her to sit under a tent with the wind blowing in her face so she can't keep her eyes open. If I'm going to go through the effort to cover her in lotion, I want her or me to enjoy it. So it was just easier to keep her inside or on the covered porch most of the week. But since she was there, we had to at least get pictures of her on the beach at least once so we can pretend we did it everyday.