. VG .: Silver Beach

I can't believe that it's almost August and we just went to the beach as a family for the first time. We did go when Jon and Megan were here, but the weather was so crappy I can't count that as our first beach outing. Well, this day was picture perfect for the beach. The sun was shining, it was just hot enough to be enjoyable but not so much that you thought you were going to melt into a puddle. The water was just cool enough that at first dip it was on the cold side but then it immediately got refreshing. :) we went with the Mins and Jane's brother and wife joined us. We have never been to the St Joe beach before but it was awesome! Apparently, everybody knows that it is because it was pretty busy, but they had life guards on duty, it was clean and they had a great playground too! We organized with the Mins what type of food we are going to bring so we would have a great little lunch. :) We definitely we going to the beach in style... they had this table in a bag, and this HUGE umbrella. It was awesome. The kiddos had so much fun playing it was hard to get them to leave. Norah wasn't a huge fan of walking in the sand but she eventually figured out how and didn't mind. It was actually quite the relaxing day. The kids played in the same area together and well, and Norah wasn't trying to wander off, so we could just sit and soak up the sun. It was beautiful.

Ready to go! With my new beach bag we fit EVERYTHING

Beautiful day

Lucy was the first one in

She didn't love walking around but she didn't mind just sitting

I love the picture of the kids sitting together

The girlies warming up in their cover-ups

They had dug a massive hole and were taking turns getting in and burying

Norah sat on the shoreline for quite some time. She loves the water

Lucy was making these car molds and doing a really good job!

I thought they were cute

Her random cars haha she said they were going different places

She said there was a car for each of us

Norah was having a blast playing under the umbrella with all the snacks

She's such a goof

that is Miss Ava's hat

C man doing some sand molds too

This is when she met Jane's brother John. She just stared at them, watermelon hanging out of her mouth and all

Trying to figure out where to eat dinner she passed out

Then, as the day was drawing to a close (we had been there already for over 5 hours) we were gonna grab some dinner. There is a famous pizza place right by the beach and is apart of the amtrak station in St Joe but it was almost a 2 hour wait! Even for carry out! So, next time we are there we will have to try and get there early or just order and walk back to get the take out. :) We ended up going to a brewery in Sawyer which was really good. The wait was a little long there but it was worth it. The food we had was really yummy and reasonably priced. It was a great way to end the day. It's also really nice to hear strangers tell you how well behaved the kids are even after a long day of playing and no naps. I would definitely go back to that beach again!