Dolphins, turtles and shells, oh my!

Normally on a beach vacation we end up doing nothing but playing at the beach. I have no problem with that. But this time Bre talked us into signing up for a "dolphin cruise". I am so glad that she did. It ended up being so much fun that the time went by way too fast and we didn't want the day to end.

We packed lunches and all of our beach gear and boarded the boat at around noon. The kids were happy just being able to ride in the boat. Then the dolphins started popping up and showing off and they got really excited!

They took us to this little secluded beach where we were able to snorkel for a while. I've never snorkeled before so I was so excited when I actually found a sand dollar. There were a couple of people who found starfish. Anyway, then they took us around to the other side of the island where there was a cool lighthouse, some old ruins and lots of huge turtles that fascinated the kids. We spent so much time playing in the ocean and looking for shells (which there were millions of!) that we lost track of time and were late returning to the boat! That would be just our luck to be stranded on a beach with all of those kids!

I think everyone of us was sunburned, even with the 70 SPF sunscreen! We were exhausted and smelly but it was such an awesome day! I am going to try to make a point of doing something like that from now on when we visit the beach.

Luke and Bry watching for dolphins.

Bay and Aus on the boat.

Presley has turned out to be such a beach babe. She loves everything about the beach and the ocean!

Brando and Bre- she used those long arms to make sure she was in some of the pics! I need to do that more often!

My other beach babe. :)

Luke terrorizing the birds. :) They wanted to run right up to the huge turtles that we saw but we were afraid they might snap at them. These kids have no fear, which scares me to death sometimes!