Beach

We had the best time at beach. It was so much fun to be in the sand and listening to the sound of the gulf. Of course, there was the much anticipated worry of the oil heading our way, but we tried our best to just have fun and that we did! Daddy got to come down for the long weekend and have fun with us, but when he had to leave to head back to work, we decided to hang out for a few more days and some of our favorite people joined us. It was a fun week and certainly never a dull moment!

Langston is my water bug...literally! She would live in the pool if given the opportunity. She LOVES swimming and is really quite good at it for her age (3). She learned last spring how to swim on her own and is now doing the breaststroke in short distances and can swim the length of the pool on her back. It's kind of funny to watch her strokes because sometimes it can be a bit lopsided! But we're working on it!! In this picture, we are working on our dives. This we are not so graceful at, they tend to be more of a belly flop! But it doesn't seem to stop her.

We saw some of the most beautiful rainbows while we were there and most of them were in really odd places. Normally, I see them from cloud to land, but this one was just layed out across the sky. We also saw one that was a perfect halo around the sun, it was really unique, but also really neat.

Stephen & his beach buddy Chase, burying themselves in the sand. They had fun together!

My other sweet water bug. However, this little bug does NOT know how to swim, but she would certainly object if she heard me say that! She wears her "boop" around the water because she literally will just jump right in...and of course sink! No worries, she is in swim lessons! She does love the water and has been dubbed the "Floating Baby" the way she will just float and maneuver her way around the pool. She just loves it!

This little man has some charm and is the sweetest little thing! He's Carson's bestest and we just adore him. I love your hugs Wade-man!

Bedtime....can you imagine how this would play out if we really let them have a slumber party! They were so cute and thought they were so funny trying to hide under the covers. We obviously could not see you (or the huge bumps under the covers), but we sure could hear your giggles as you THOUGHT you were hiding from us!!!

Taking the leap! These two are a mess...enough said!

We left the beach with sad faces, we didn't want to leave because we love being there, but also because the uncertainty of the oil mess and when we will get to come back. We spend as much time as possible at the beach during the summer, but with the uncertainty of things, I was sad leaving thinking this could be our only trip there this summer. Hats off to all of the hard workers that were already prepping for the oil to come and to those who now (as I post this) are hard at work cleaning up our beautiful beaches and gulf.