Beach Trip

We went to Wilmington, NC last weekend. We had a blast. The kids loved the sun, sand and water. Liam liked the sand a little too much. The first day he kept eating it by the handfuls - yuck! Eli finally warmed up to the water on the second day and we couldn't get Aidan and Adley out of the waves. Funny since neither of them can really swim - we are working on that though.
My new favorite picture of Liam!
Eli playing in the sand
Exhausted
We always take a family picture at the end of the pier.
Our walk on the pier was more exciting this year. We saw a lot of jelly fish in the water, saw someone catch and release a sting ray (I saw one up close as I was boogie boarding too!), and saw someone catch a baby shark (the kids got to touch it before they released it). The kids always enjoy the pelicans too.
We headed to the aquarium. It is really small but it keeps the kids intrigued and is only $6 for admission instead of $30. This year we got to see an albino alligator. The guy told us there are only about 40 in the world. They don't survive well in nature because well they stick out and can't hunt without being noticed. This particular alligator came from a nest in Louisiana. The alligator pair each carried the recessive gene and 25% of the eggs in their nest were albino. But in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the pair were separated and there have been no further eggs. We bought Eli his very own stuffed albino alligator.

USS North Carolina
We will eventually take the kids on the real tour, not just the drive-by viewing. We need them to be a little older to maneuver all the ladders and spaces. They loved seeing all the big guns, what little boy doesn't.

And last but not least - what is wrong with the picture below? Jared took it in the parking lot of the grocery store on our way home!

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Unknown said…
ROTFL! You need to send that picture into Ellen, she has a whle segment for "what's wrong with this photo" photos. So funny! It looks like you all had a wonderful trip. The boys are getting so big! That is a lot of boy you are surrounded by!! You look great! :-)
June 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM
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