A Day at the Ocean

A couple of weeks ago we visited Crescent Beach with some of our friends. It was a gorgeous day in the 70's with a nice breeze! Here are some pics from our day:

It was low tide so we had lots of fun exploring the tide pools! Here is Mollie checking out a periwinkle:
James looking for creatures:

Here is the tiny little crab he found!

Here is the crew from left to right: Ian, Elijah, James, Emmy, Danyelle, Ethan, Cameron, and Mollie in the front!

Hole digging was a big hit too! I think they were aiming for China but didn't quite make it!
Ian and James in the hole!
Emmy with her bucket.
Mollie having fun with a boat!
Elijah and Ethan.
Once the tide started coming in the kids had lots of fun playing in the waves!

Mollie and Mommy on the beach.

Cameron and Emmy had fun digging in someones abandoned hole near the water. This hole was under water before we left and they moved in to the next hole!

Emmy in the new not "underwater" hole!

Fun at the Beach

We have been having all kinds of fun with our friends the Everitt's who are visiting from CA! Here are some pics from a beach day we had at Province Lake.

Sarah, Carrie, and Emmy enjoying the sun!

James and Ethan working hard on a sand castle! Heave-ho Ethan!!!

Mollie had fun with here buddy Nelson splashing, digging, eating...you name it in the sand!

Carrie and Emmy posing for a pic.

Emmy had a great time in the tube with Sarah and Carrie. Meme (the Everitts Meme) entertained the girls by pushing them around in the tube! She had a blast!!

Ethan and Sammy using the Octopus float...which had a hole in the bottom part so only the head filled with air! It didn't work just right but they still had fun.

Jessica, Samantha, and James posing in the water!

And then...as if by magic...what should appear...
...you guessed it, the ice cream truck!
The perfect treat for a hot day at the beach!!
Thanks to the Everitts and "Meme" for inviting us!

Fun at White Lake

We hit the beach at White Lake on Thursday with the homeschoolers! They have two new playgrounds and the weather was great!! Here are some pics:

Let me out!!!

James posing on the playground.

The kids even went IN the water which I was not prepared for as you can see they are not in swim suits and I had no towels (thanks Elizabeth for letting us borrow one). I guessed they would get wet and brought a change of clothes but swimming??? Burrrrrrrrr!!! It is still May, and it was freezing even for the feet, maybe I'm just getting old?

Emmy had a blast and luckily the cute little shirt that she got from Auntie Sarah for Christmas worked well for a swim suit!

Mollie was a little unsure but DID get wet (and didn't like it) which is why you see a clothing change in the next pics of her!

Ethan and his pals playing under the playground.

This was an attempt to get them to pose for a pic together but they just wanted to play!

James and Maverick!

Emmy girl, not looking, but cute!

Here comes Mollie! She wants a chance on the big kid slides too!

Emmy up on the bridge!
Again, trying to focus on Ethan but getting the bars...oooooops, sorry Ethan!

Looking down on James!