We spent our holiday weekend in Southern CA with Bill's family- at the beach. His generous grandparents invited the whole family down to celebrate the 4th! Bill & I are both water babies! Spending time at the beach or lake is theraputic, relaxing, exciting, and comforting. It great to see that our children enjoy the sun & sand as much as we do!
The girls LOVED playing with their cousins. They were initially intimidated by the roaring waves, but warmed up to the idea of the water washing up around their ankles & then retreating. And of course Madisen found some dress ups- I swear she can smell them a mile away.
Caitlyn & Connor were playing on the island- before it became an island in the water (pictures of that fun adventure when Bob shares them). You may wonder what Caitlyn is doing, but she's blowing bubbles thorough a slotted spoon. We felt cheated when we opened a new bottle of bubbles to find that there was no wand- so we had to make do with what we could find.
On the evening of the 4th everyone got fancied up & we snapped some family pictures- it sure is handy to have a professional photographer in the family. (More of those when I get them.) I couldn't resist the opportunity to get some beautiful shots with my honey on the beach--at sunset no less!
Caitlyn slept peacefully in her bed while the rest of us enjoyed 2 spectacular firework shows- in sweatshirts! We were located between 2 piers that both have fireworks. Madisen preferred to keep her eyes on one- so she didn't miss anything. her favorite ones were pink... and they looked like spiders.
Saturday morning brought shopping and slip n' sliding. Madisen wanted to go alone & decided that once was enough. In theory this should have been super slick. But for some reason it required a lot of soap & pushing to make the tubes go. Someone discovered the boogie boards & then things were really moving! If you timed it just right, you could ride the wave out into the water.
I made the mistake of putting the girls down in the same room at the same time. About 20 minutes after I laid them down, Karlea (my sister-in-law) said, you may want to take your camera & go check on your girls. I walked in the room as I snapped the first picture- hence the blurriness. We went to plan B & had them take naps separately!
Women in black- coordinating suits were NOT planned!
Daddy's girls!
The girls LOVED playing with their cousins. They were initially intimidated by the roaring waves, but warmed up to the idea of the water washing up around their ankles & then retreating. And of course Madisen found some dress ups- I swear she can smell them a mile away.
Caitlyn & Connor were playing on the island- before it became an island in the water (pictures of that fun adventure when Bob shares them). You may wonder what Caitlyn is doing, but she's blowing bubbles thorough a slotted spoon. We felt cheated when we opened a new bottle of bubbles to find that there was no wand- so we had to make do with what we could find.
On the evening of the 4th everyone got fancied up & we snapped some family pictures- it sure is handy to have a professional photographer in the family. (More of those when I get them.) I couldn't resist the opportunity to get some beautiful shots with my honey on the beach--at sunset no less!
Caitlyn slept peacefully in her bed while the rest of us enjoyed 2 spectacular firework shows- in sweatshirts! We were located between 2 piers that both have fireworks. Madisen preferred to keep her eyes on one- so she didn't miss anything. her favorite ones were pink... and they looked like spiders.
Saturday morning brought shopping and slip n' sliding. Madisen wanted to go alone & decided that once was enough. In theory this should have been super slick. But for some reason it required a lot of soap & pushing to make the tubes go. Someone discovered the boogie boards & then things were really moving! If you timed it just right, you could ride the wave out into the water.
I made the mistake of putting the girls down in the same room at the same time. About 20 minutes after I laid them down, Karlea (my sister-in-law) said, you may want to take your camera & go check on your girls. I walked in the room as I snapped the first picture- hence the blurriness. We went to plan B & had them take naps separately!
Women in black- coordinating suits were NOT planned!
Daddy's girls!
11 comments:
Looks like you had lots of fun.
What beach were you at? It looks like so much fun, Emilee! How did you get Caitlyn's hair to look like she got electricuted???? Glad you had a good weekend!
Ocean Weekend! You can't beat those. I love the pics.
SOOO FUN!!! We LOVE the water too. Next time you come to Salt Lake, you should come boating w/ us--I know how much you love that!! :)
I also love Caitlyn's hair. Is that sunblock?
That looked like so much fun! I love the beach. My kids have never been there and I can't wait to take them. It is so cute that your girls are such best friends.
What a fun holiday and such gorgeous pictures! It's fun to see your kids enjoy the same things that you love. You have a beautiful family Em.
Way pretty pictures........how about a trade... you come stay in omaha and bask in the no mountains and hot humid fun, for a trip to that Beautiful Beach of yours!!!! love you and see you soon!
love lou
Way pretty pictures........how about a trade... you come stay in omaha and bask in the no mountains and hot humid fun, for a trip to that Beautiful Beach of yours!!!! love you and see you soon!
love lou
The beach pictures ARE GORGEOUS! and I also love Caitlyn's hair!! I am sure that will be a famous one when she's older! fun trip!
ps love all your header pictures!
Way too much fun! Oh my heavens. Are we all sisters? Can't I get invited next time as you half sister/full gospel sister?
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