"Maybe we'll see some whales"

    A month or so back on the way to the beach i told riley (not knowing it would totally freak her out and traumatize her from any amount of ocean water) that maybe we would see some whales...like you know swimming wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy far away. expect i didnt' say that last part... Well, that beach trip she wouldn't even stick a toe in the water and only played on the sand. i didn't think much of it, just figured the water was too overwhelming.

The truth came out during this beach trip. Josh was pysching her up on the way saying how much fun it would be to play in the waves with him etc. But when we got there she would not go in the water and kept saying that there were whales in there. She thought they would come right up to the shore...she was having a blast playing with the buckets and shovels inbetween our chairs and the water, but when it came time to collect more sand for her bucket she would walk away from the water and only get the dry sand...it was pretty funny.

After awhile i grabbed her and made her stick her toes in, i wanted her to have fun but i wanted her to have fun in the water too! This is the reaction we got if we took her anywhere near the water:pure terror!

we are happy to report that by the end (thanks to her uncle daniel) she was playing in the waves if he held her hands and even had a few go over her head...needless to say she didn't want to leave.

I asked for a sand castle, and they delivered...you should of seen this thing! It had all these different levels, a mote and so much more :)

I bought a barbie kite from the 99cent store, i didn't have much hope for it but it was awesome!

Opa helping Riley fly her very first kite

It was the perfect day to fly a kite, sunny, warm, a little windy and family all around

Braden did so great. He loved playing(chewing on) all the sand toys and we even had some good mommy-son time crawling around where the water would come up

Playing with his cousin Luke who loved crawling all over. He was constantly crawling from one toy to another checking things out.

Josh and Braden checkin' out the water when we first got there, it was a bit chilly but felt great once you got all the way in!

Braden and Oma (Josh's mom) hanging out on the blanket

Braden and Uncle Mathew

Opa (Josh's dad) helping Braden surf...braden wasn't too happy about it

Playing a little football with Opa

Riley LOVES her Uncle Adam

Riley and her cousin Hailey taking a break for lunch. I'm definetly framing this one for Riley's room!

(have i ever said how much i love summer?! wink, wink)