The last night of our trip we stayed at a beach house along the East Coast of NZ just before the city of Dunedin. We knew we would be tired from our long travels and would want a place to relax. What better place to relax than on the beach. It was amazing! Up until this point we had little expectations for the houses we rented or the hotels we had booked. We were very excited at how great the house was and how amazing the view was for this last house. I could not have been better. Our biggest regret was that we were only there for one night. When we got there, we decided to just stay and play and not drive on into Dunedin to see what that city had to offer. We were content to stay and play on the beach and we were especially excited that we didn't have to be out of the house until noon the next day.
A screen shot of where we were on the map...
Our Beach house was called "Ocean View" and boy was that a good name for it.
When we got there we quickly went down to the beach to check it out. It was a beautiful beach with lots of flat sand and a good surf. We were so excited. We were trying to decide whether to stay at the beach or go into the city. They quickly decided to stay at the beach and chill. They were tired of the car.
The girls quickly got changed into their suits and headed for the surf. It's amazing what they that they are so resilient and don't care at all what the temperature of the water is and if the wind is blowing. Brady and I were cold and there was no way we were swimming. We were just along for the beach view and ocean sounds.
Kayla's drawing... surprise, it's a MERMAID!!
Dad and the girls did footprints in the sand... I didn't even know they took this cool picture until I started downloading pic to this blog. I love it!! Too bad, I'm not even in this picture. Somehow, mom's don't get in most pics.
The next morning we got up and went down to the beach again. The girls didn't wear their suits because we didn't want them getting all in and totally wet and sandy. We had to leave by noon and didn't have time for showers again, which is essential after a beach visit with all the hair at our house.
On the little sand trail down to the beach we met up with this friendly guy who had his very hairy dog and two kittens out for a walk. He was very nice and let us pet his dog. He even asked Kayla if she wanted to walk his dog the rest of the way down.
The weather was beautiful that morning and we were in love with the sunshine and the surf. We walked a long way down the beach in the surf looking for shells and things. It was warmer and a lot less windy than the day before.
Kayla was very intrigued by the kelp stuff that had washed up on the beach. I was surprised she would handle it because it was very slimy. It was very thick and rubber like. Interesting plant.
love this shot of Ava jumping the wave
19 1/2 years... that's a long time honey!
HA!! he'll kill me for putting this one in. Oh well, he isn't reading my blog so he doesn't know.
love their silhouettes
Alyssa was getting a large collection of seashells. She had a plan to make a castle and us the shells to decorate it. We had no sand toys so we were going to have to compromise.
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