Spring Break - Part 2

And now...for the rest of our Spring Break fun.  Be prepared for a lot of pictures :).  On Thursday evening, Tante YaYa and her friend Gisela drove down to stay with us for a few days as well.

When they arrived, Rachel was ready to show off all the fun.  YaYa helped her fish for some sea weed.

It was great to have a beach just a short walk behind the house.

They brought food so we all worked together to cook dinner.

Friday morning, Rachel had her Tante back at work again.  She brought her coffee down to the beach and helped with the sand castle.

Rachel decorated her castle with all kinds of things that she found on the beach.

We headed to the beach again later that morning.

Owen enjoyed relaxing in the nice breeze.

Rachel was hard at work again.

There is a fun Audobon Bird Sanctuary on the island that we visited in the afternoon.

We enjoyed some local seafood for dinner.

Saturday morning, we all put on our green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Oma and Opa were not too far away so they drove a couple of hours to come spend Saturday with us.  Oma enjoyed her tea while giving Owen his bottle.

Owen was happy to see his Opa again.

We had a very nice walk on the beach in the morning.

We also spent a lot of time relaxing on the porch and enjoying the nice weather.

In the afternoon, we went for a walk at the Shell Mound Park.

Here is one of our attempts at a family picture - it is hard to get all four of us to look and smile at the same time.

Before dinner, we spent some more quality time playing in the sand.

Before bed, Owen watched the sunset and showed off his St. Patrick's pride.

We got to have some more time at the beach on our last morning.  Rachel LOVED feeding some leftover bread to the birds.

Owen liked the birds, too, but he preferred to keep a safe distance.

Rachel once again had fun playing in the sand.

3 out of 4 of us could find the camera in this one...that's not too bad.

We all worked hard helping Rachel with this hole.  She wanted to fit into it and was able to do it before we had to leave.  We were sad that our fun week had to come to an end.  We will have to plan another trip soon!