Our fantastic trip to the Coast!

Saturday we spent a fabulous day with some of our very best friends at the coast in Newport! We had a fantastic beach house that looked right out to a beautiful view of the ocean. It rained most of the time we were there, but we still fit as much fun into one day as imaginable! We ate amazing meals, played many games, did a whole lot of chatting and let the kids run wild! By the end of the day the kids were whipped, but I think the parents were even more tired. At least I was! While the kids napped (6 of them in 1 house…it was a miracle!), the guys let the gals head out shopping. While it sounds especially thoughtful of them, I think they were happy to get us out of the house so they could play cards and watch football. :) No matter what the motive, we had a ball! Afterward we all went to the harbor to see the seals. (Kenna kept saying we were going to see the sea lions and zebras.) Still days later she talks about they way they very noisily say “ar ar”! (Course if you ask her friend Mac, they say “honk!”) :) Thanks so much to the Huffs for putting it all together and to the Beltons and Harris’ for sharing a very memorable vacation with us! We had a wonderful time and look forward to doing it again soon!

All the kiddos - 4 2-year-olds (Mac, Carter, Makenna & Calvin) and 2 1-year-olds (Simon & Sage) ...we were busy!

The view of the ocean from our living room window

The view out the side window...gorgeous.

Ryan & Chelsea Belton

The guys got a crazy idea to do a "polar bear swim" in the freezing ocean! I don't know whether to say they were brave or crazy, but either way they had a blast!

Our tough husbands! Ryan Belton, Nate, Bryce Huff & Zac Harris

Checking out the sea lions (unfortunately no zebras!)

These are the few we could see close up...but there were tons!

My chilly girls!

Sage snuggled up with Daddy

A view of the harbor

What a great day!