The Hill Family

This entire post is going to be filled with pictures of our adventures in the sand. Huett wasn't terribly fond of the sand, he actually fell asleep in my lap two days sitting at the ocean under our tent. That's why lots of these pics are of Sambo and Ava.

This was the view from our balcony on the 19th floor. Pretty colors huh?? Look at how crystal clear the water was! There literally wasn't a cloud in the sky for 7 days straight. Then when we returned to home to Dora, there was a monsoon waiting for the next 2-3 days!

Somehow, this is the only picture I have of Mikey's mom Regina and it's near impossible to tell that it is her. Huett was biting her with his sand digger. He thought it was really funny!
I think my sister had a little too much time on her hands while she was on maternity leave because she personalized all of the kids sand toys...notice Huett's name on his shovel.



Sam was trying his darndest to blow up Teagan's Strawberry Shortcake beach ball. Look at those puffin' cheeks!

Archer and mom did a whole lot of this while we played at the ocean

Everyone take a quick gander at this picture of Mikey's aunt Michelle b/c as soon as she sees it she'll probably force me to remove it. I think it is quite lovely though.

Mikey shaved his chest the day we got to the beach and b/c he is so hairy normally, this sorta made him look like a scalped cat. Let's just say his chest hasn't been exposed like that in years and he got a lot of sun! He attempted to bury himself in the sand in this pic.

Try to contain your laughter. This is me at 26 weeks pregnant... and NO IT"S NOT TWINS!!
I did love my swimsuit though b/c most maternity swimsuit are tankinis and they float up in the water and show your belly, but not this cute one-piece. I got it at The Swanky Stork in Homewood!

Mikey helped the boys build an inticate 5 way tunnel system in the sand. They had fun making trips to the water and filling up their(personalized) sand buckets and pouring it into the tunnels

They also had a lot of fun playing with the frisbee!

This is my dad's mom, NaNa. She came to visit us from her trip to Grayton Beach.

This was one of Huett's many treasures that were discovered in the sand! Everything is so much more exciting through the eyes of children. Especially when they are your own.

Just before I took this picture, Sam had been rolling around in a sand pit that his uncle Chad dug him. His hair was FULL of sand. It took a good long wash to get all of that sand out.

Hard at work with yet another personalized shovel, and his daddy.

Teamwork!

Isn't he just becoming the little man. So handsome!

Ava was buried in the sand by her pawpaw. She liked the sand the most, by far!

Such a sweet baby boy. I can't believe he is about to be a big brother...I don't know that this transition will go as smoothly as it did for Huett when Sam was born. I get the feeling that Sam may have some jealousy issues. Hopefully not!

Teagan wasn't really sure about the sand either but she certainly did it in style. How cute is her puddle-jumper!

Sam's takin' it easy in the shade.

Huett kept us all cool by spraying us with his water bottle fan. I think it is so neat how my camera was able to catch the fan blades like that.

A golf ball at the beach? Sam's been really into golf-balls here lately. He kept up with this ball most of the trip.

All in all, our time at the beach went 1,000 times better than it did last year! Hopefully each year it will be better than the last!