What do you get when...

You pack 4 moms and 8 kids?

Four of us moms packed up our kids and went to the beach for the day!!!  We had a blast!! The kids were just under a year old to 9 yrs of age and they did AWESOME!!! 
We met up and got into 2 mini vans. Then we of course had to make a stop at Starbucks before we hit the road. We got to the beach, made a potty stop and then loaded EVERYTHING up and headed down to the beach.

 Us MOMS!!!  We got to have girl talk, mom talk, wife talk and just talk. It was so nice to have our kids with us, but be able to talk with each other.

 Exploring the water. The kids loved going in the water. Jumping the waves, sitting in the water and just running back and fourth.

 Spencer is jumping the waves with Lilah.

 Some of the kiddos being goofy in the water.

 My sweet kiddos at the beach!!  They are such beach bums

 The kids playing in the sand. Using their imaginations and helping each other.

The kids played and played in the sand and water. They did so wonderful. We had very little time-outs and very little redirection of the kids. They all did so well playing together and sharing. 

All the kids pitched in and helped carry things to the car. They were all such troopers. Once we loaded everything back in the car we loaded 4 kids into the wagon and hunted down something for dinner. We ended up finding a great little Mexican restaurant  and ate a great dinner for super cheap!!! We had a wonderful ride home with the kids and did not get home until way past bed time.

The kids and moms did so well. I would do it any day of the week. We have decided to make it an annual activity that we will do every summer. I can not express in words how much fun we had. My kids still talk about that day and things that all the kids did together. I can not wait until next summer to go again.