Uncle Isaac

We were all happy to have Isaac and my mom come up and stay with us for 5 days. Hunter and Isaac are great friends and they loved having their own room at the back of the house all to themselves with their own T.V. I asked Isaac what his favorite part of the trip was and it was not playing on the beach or staying in such a great house or even more surprising getting to spend 5 days with his favorite sister. His answer was quick. Watching Cable. He is convinced that when Hunter is older they are going to have a house together along with Isaac's 19 kids all with NBA player names. Cant wait to see little Dr. J Gomez running around.

Hunt

Hunter, with the help of his surf coach Mary was able to try surfing and as he says "was amazing". He was very happy to have Isaac come and have someone to play football with and do something other than play hide and seek and color with Ben and Emma. This is also when he became obsessed with the idea of having a pet snake. Thanks to Craig, he now is the owner of two baby snakes. I hate both.

Ben

Ben loved being at the beach more than anyone else and would stay out there long after Emma had gotten bored and Hunter had complained of being bored and hungry and finally just gone up to the house. Ben was in heaven looking for any sort of living creature, building castles and was even lucky enough to find 4dollar bills that washed up in the waves at different times. He was happy just scooping sand and throwing into the waves. Every morning he would get up and just sit at the counter and draw pics which by the end of our trip added up to a thick stack of papers that could NOT be thrown away.

Emma loving her life

Belmont Park

We were ready to get out of the house for a little bit and headed out to Belmont Park for a morning. The kids all thought it was great and loved the rides. Well aside from the giant wooden rollercoaster that Ben thought would be fun until he got to the top and then told Hunter that he had forgotten he was afraid of hieghts. Needless to say he cried into Hunters arm for the whole ride.

Our days staying at the beach were truly a relaxing vacation. We played at the beach everyday and got to spend lots of time playing with Parker, Miles and Mary. The kids were so happy and content to be there and Emma would tell me about 50 times a day how much she loved me and how much she loved being a "beach girl". As you can tell from the above pic of the boys on the boogyboards it took them a little bit to figure out what they were supposed to do with them?? Our return date changed about 50 times and ended up being about a week longer than originally intended. Dusty surprised us by driving in really late friday night and then spending the weekend with us which was soo fun and then Grandma and Isaac came a day after he left and spend the rest of the week with us. It was so nice having my mom there and so fun for the kids to have grandma there to build sandcastles with and go swim in the ocean with. Plus I was ready to have another adult around more. I love my kids and it was really nice to have it just be us there but after a week of just me and my kiddos i was ready to have some more adult help and great company.