10 Days At The Beach!

We're in the beginning stretch of our ten day family beach trip!  Ian, Jude, and I came down on Friday and my parents joined us today (Sunday) for a few days.  Bonnie (Ian's mom) will be joining us towards the end of the week.  So far we've been down to the beach a few times and we rode out to Fort Macon last night before dinner.  We had dinner at The Crab Shack in Salter Path last night.

Jude tried crab for the first time at The Crab Shack and he LOVED it!!!  Here's a picture of Jude enjoying the hush puppies at dinner last night:

My adorable husband thought that while on vacation would be the perfect time to play around with a razor and his beard to try out a new look!  I came upstairs to find this:

I think it looks ridiculous but he seems to be quite pleased with himself- Ha ha!  To each their own I guess!   

In other news, Jude's first experience getting to play on the beach was really successful.  He's a beach baby for sure!  Jude spends his time on the beach digging in the sand and crawling around on the surf.  He really enjoyed finding and playing with seaweed and he found that a water bottle makes a great toy too!  Here's a few pictures of Jude's beach experience today:

After about two hours of playing on the beach, Jude was pretty tired and very sandy- here's a picture of Ian helping Jude rinse off in the shower outside:

So far we're having a wonderful vacation and are looking forward to a lot more fun plans we've got for the remainder of the week.  I'm really enjoying myself soaking up the sun and time with my family- nothing beats that!