Sunrise over the beach

 It was a beautiful morning on the beach - incredible colors!

Dinner and Mini Golf

 After a fun day of swimming on the beach, we went to dinner and then to play mini golf!  Aoife finally got into the ocean and decided that she loved surfing in the shallows. She's so cute and did it for hours!  After building up a good appetite, we went to eat lots of friend seafood for dinner and then played "keep Declan away from everyone's golf balls" for an hour or so!  Mini golf with a two year old is always a huge failure!
Since we are getting toward the end of our week on the beach, we went for an evening swim at the pool after golf - it was a perfect night with a full moon rising over the beach!

Buried Treasure

 We spent more time at the beach and at the pool again today!  It's so relaxing and nice to have nothing to do!!  After playing all day, we went to dinner with my Dad's cousin who lives in Wilmington and is a member of a beach club that's just down the street from our condo.  The shrimp and grits were delicious and they had an awesome playground!

Beach Days

 We have been here in Wrightville Beach with my parents for a few days now.  It is the most beautiful beach - wide and clean with lovely soft sand that is perfect for building sandcastles.  The kids have been having a great time searching for shells, digging holes and building giants castles - not so much of swimming in the ocean quite yet.  The girls and Declan are a little intimidated by the waves - although Aidan likes swimming and body surfing just fine!