Sun, Sand and Seaweed

There are lots of beach pics, so I will only bore you with some of my favorites. I am sure I will post more over the next week or so to share them all.

Emerson had such a ball. We were not sure how she would do on the beach this year. Last year she was not walking yet, so she was happy just sitting. Mobil at the beach- whole new world. She loved building sandcastles and playing with her cousin Maddie who is in from Seattle for a few weeks. Emerson LOVES seaweed. Too bad we did not discover this the first day on the beach. Denny and I came to the very scary realization that Emerson reacts well to peer-pressure. She wants to do whatever the big kids (Maddie) do. She has no fear right now and will jump in the pool- DEEP END- if the other kids are doing it. You can imagine the fear this invoked in us, so we made a trip to the store for arm floaties. We let her go under a few times to show her what it would be like- this was suggested by lots of people- but she does not seem to care much. Great!

Here are a few of my favorites...

We had a great time and can't wait to take her again!