A Day at the Beach

We took a day trip to the beach with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins.  I always think it is a blessing when my kids are able to spend some time with nice teenagers - it sets such a good example for them.  Two days with my cousins was perfect.  It was the first time we'd made it to the beach on this vacation (we're going back again :)).  Lucy was very afraid of the water at first, she disliked it so much she was asking to leave.  Timmy liked it and went right in, but fell down and went under and got scared.  So we had two kids who didn't want anything to do with the water!

With some coaxing they came around 

First I got Lucy to dip her toes in, then daddy helped her to jump the waves.

Timmy was easier to convince...the weird way it feels like the ocean is pulling you out just took some getting used to.

Gram is the best at introducing the kids to playing in the sand

Can we move them to Illinois?

Learning to surf early :)

Checking out the tide pools - we saw crabs, sea anenome, mussels, and some sharp rocks

Cousins boogie boarding together

Yes, Woodworth folks, that's your Pastor :)

I forgot how fun this is - of course how often are there enough adults around to keep an eye on my kids so I can play for a couple hours straight and not worry about them?  This was great!  

Timmy - grow up to be like him!

Lucy - grow up to be like her!

I provided the entertainment for Ben with my wipe outs.  He told me how hard he laughed at me, I told him he could laugh as long as he rescued me if I didn't come up :)

Afraid of the water - yes!  Afraid of holding a crab with Grandpa - no!