Gillan/Purdy Beach Trip

We just got back from a great week at the beach in Corolla, NC with my family. It was a great time to hang out and spend time with each other and enjoy God's creation in the beach. One of the neatest parts was getting to know the newest members of our family better(Nathan (7 months), Baxter and Jake (almost 5 months)). It was also hard at times - Baxter did not prefer sleeping on the beach and woke up at 5:30 or 6:00 each morning. Owen LOVED the beach and spending time with family. Overall it was a great week! All week I felt like I couldn't take enough pictures to capture certain moments, but the following pictures will at least give you a look into what it was like.

Matt and Owen standing in the waves early one morning.



what a goofy boy!



Baxter did take a couple of good naps on the beach.



Here are the "big cousins" and the "toddler cousins" at the beach together. Megan (almost 8), Anna (2), Owen (2), and Reese (10).



Owen's love for trains came with us to the beach. We made a lot of sand trains!



Here are the CT Gillans and the Purdys hanging at the house. Owen, Baxter, Jake and Anna.



This is what Owen did about 90% of the time we were down at the beach!



This was a good part of that 90%!



Here is our newest family picture.



Megan, Owen and Anna. Notice the ouchies on Owen's ankles. They are from his water shoes. They hurt him so much that he kept saying "mommy, can I crawl?" He spent a good portion of the week crawling around inside because they were so sore. Poor thing!



Here is the whole family! We are in green, Brett, Carolyn, Anna and Jake are in white, Bryan, Becky, Reese, Megan and Nathan are in black and my folks are in blue.



Just precious.