North Ave. Beach

Their first Monday here, we arranged to meet some of the ward playgroup at North Ave. beach. It was a perfect day for the beach- HOT! Jenny meticulously put SPF 45 on all of her children, proceeded to have me rub her down, and then forgot about me. Needless to say, I got scorched. We're talking 2nd degree, multiple layers of blisters, here. I don't really blame Jenny since I wanted some sun, but it was fun to turn her kids against her after they saw my sore skin. They defensively asked her for the next 2 weeks why she didn't remember to put sunscreen on me.

Just a cute picture of Livy since I love this girl in a swimsuit! I'm sure there will be lots more to come. . . especially since this pose is rare. She is usually on her belly face first eating the sand.

Jenny and Elise spent some time making this mermaid, complete with shell bra. Jenny was pretty proud.


Claire found a dead butterfly and wanted to bring it home to show Josh and Taft. Disgusting. The only way I could get her to leave it at the beach was to take a picture of her with it and tell her we would pick it up next time. . . muah ha ha.

Except the joke is on me. I had no idea what I started. Now the girls make me take pictures of everything or they won't leave it. If they make something cool with play dough, you better believe they make me document it! If they hug a cool lamp post outside, I better have my camera ready. Don't believe me? I have the pictures to prove it and the time to document it!