Chincoteague Island

-Dad and Hannah-

-Becca and Abbie-

-Lydia and Abbie-

-Abbie is such a Daddy's girl!-

-Rachel holding a baby squid that washed up on the beach-

-Ben and Matt heading out to swim-

-Body-boarding is one of the best parts of the beach-

-We got to swim very close to this pod of dolphins-

Joshua liked being buried in the sand....

.......but Abbie did not!

-the best part of the beach for Abbie was eating the sand!-

-Joshy helping fold up the tent-

-Becca, Matt, and Hannah-

-the Assateague lighthouse-

-pictures at the lighthouse-

-there were lots of these tiny frogs on the path to the lighthouse-

-Abbie wearing Matt's hat-

-the famous Assateague wild ponies-

-one day we went mini-golfing at a nearby park-

-Josh had more fun putting his ball in the hole than anything-

-the park also had go-karts-

-we did the bumper boats and got soaked!-

-Becca got stuck under the fountain and got really wet!-

-we took a day cruise out to Tangier Island, VA-

-Josh-

-the boat was very windy and poor Lydia had a time trying to keep her dress down!-

the wind kept blowing it higher.....

.....and higher.....

....until she eventually gave up trying to keep it down!

-Tangier Island-

-Dad was only trying to keep the sun out of Abbie's eyes, but the only thing he

succeeded in was getting teased for "nursing" her-

-Becca wouldn't get in the water, so her loving family gave her a helping hand!-

-Family pictures on the beach-

-one of our annual beach traditions: Mr. Whippy's ice cream-

-we ended our vacation by taking a kayaking trip in the bay-

-we had a lot of fun learning to kayak-

-we kayaked right up next to a group of ponies-