Labor Day Surprise!

We surprised the girls with a day trip for Labor Day to a mystery destination! We loaded up the car and set off this morning with the girls going crazy trying to guess where we were going. Maryella had seen me packing sandwiches in an ice chest, so she guessed that we were going on a picnic. Annlee said she thought we were going to a park. Kaylin guessed the zoo.

But they were all wrong! Well, I suppose Maryella was sort of right. We went to the beach! They were so excited when we drove up and they could see the ocean! They all squealed!

First, we ate lunch while Elianna enjoyed the view from our cabana.

Then we played and played all afternoon! We had such a wonderful time!!!

Maryella made birthday cakes for all of us at some point during the day, I think.

It was pretty crowded, but it didn't seem to bad when we were out there.

Jeff and I took turns taking the girls out into the water. Kaylin insisted on being carried because she didn't want her feet to get hurt on the shells. What a little diva.

We decided to let Elianna try out the water on this beach trip. She tested the water first, and then stood for a bit in it. Her first impression was that she wasn't too impressed!

Once the tide went out though, there was a great tidal pool to play in and she loved that! She sat there for a long time and splashed around! There's tons of pictures of her in the tidal pool, sorry! I just couldn't decide between them, they are all too cute!



I love this look in this picture! What a funny cutie pie!

We finally had to put an end to her playtime when she started snacking on the sand, though!

The other girls had a great time playing in the tidal pool as well! They mostly pretending to be mermaids.

Sadly, our day had to come to an end. Maryella may have possibly been a little tired at the end of the day!
It was such a wonderful day! Definitely packed full of fun memories!