My crazy kids at the beach!

So, we spent last weekend at Topsail Island again -- one of my favorite places to be in the whole wide world! As usual, we had an absolute blast! For the first time in 5 years, too, we noticed that things are getting easier with the kids -- we were actually able to relax a little. Woohoo!

The boys LOVED playing in the surf (and weren't a bit scared of it, which is why Ross had to wear his life jacket). Lucy liked the water, but favored playing in the sand. By the end of the weekend, though, all three of them were complaining because their bums were raw from the sand in their suits -- I tried to tell them to stop sitting on the sand at the waters edge, but they were sure I was selling them bad advice. Oh well...it is their bum, not mine.

So, anyway, I took a ton of pictures and decided to play a little with black and white. I'm really quite happy with these...

Ross being Ross:
The boys getting along quite nicely (whew):

My favorite person in the whole wide world:

Lucy with her brooding look on:

Lucy being industrious:

Lucy being cute:

Lucy striking a pose:

This is my favorite -- the boys doing what they do best -- running and laughing and having fun:

Ross doing exactly what his big brother is doing:

Daddy showing the kids something neat:

Reid looking entirely too grown-up: