Day at the Beach

On Friday it was a beautiful day. Brandon was getting home at noon so we decided to go to the beach for the afternoon. I picked up Gabe at 11 in the afternoon and decided to take Colin out of school so he could enjoy the day with us. We would've picked up Noah but he had a field trip with his class. We got our swimsuits on, packed a picnic lunch and brought our sand toys. We had a blast. We were passing the beach ball to each other. In the middle of the lake theres a pier. We all swam to the pier. We sat and put our feet in the water while Brandon and Colin jumped of the pier. In between jumping in the water they sat with us. We were enjoying the weather, laughing at the kids stories and trying to enjoy every moment of the day at the beach. We sat on the pier for about a half an hour and even though I didn't bring the camera to the pier I will always cherish the mental picture I took that day. Let the summer begin.

While we were eating our lunch we noticed this. From a far it looks like a hand buried in the sand. The kids were a little freaked out.

Lily imitating me laying on my beach towel.

It started out being a fun game with all of us throwing the beach ball to each other. No suprise once Gabe and Lily stopped playing it ended up being a game of Dodge Ball. My poor beach ball.