Hedin

the first saturday we were back our good friends, the odells, invited us to join them for a day at the beach. this sounded like the perfect break together as a family and with friends, so we jumped at the opportunity.

this is katelyn's little best friend, eliza.  i'm sure i'll say this a million more times, but i will miss seeing these two together after we go.

tanner was trying his darndest to fill that watering can from the sand. 

our little cheeser.   he is such a ham and has the best smiles for everyone.

katelyn decided to dig a little road in the sand.  i decided to take a picture of it.  after about five pictures she finally looked up and said, "mom, stop taking pictures."

after seeing eliza get buried in the sand, tanner wanted a turn too.  but, after getting buried he realized it wasn't as fun as it looked.  he was more nervous than happy.

but he was still willing to stop and give me a great smile.

and of course katelyn wanted a turn being buried as well.  i'm not sure what's so enticing about having sand down your bathing suit.

tanner kept wanting to go in the water with tyler, so tyler turned it into a game.  they would walk out a ways, wait for a big wave, then run back before it got them.

katelyn wanted a turn as well, but she didn't want to run in the cold, cold water.  so tyler improvised by carrying her out, dipping her in and running back quickly. 

glad we could get out to the beach.  it was a beautiful day!  i can't believe i didn't get any pictures of the odells.  i guess we'll have to go again.