OOOOOO, the beach!

Are you sick of me blogging about the beach. I am sorry, the beach is our favorite thing! Today we met our friends at the beach for our weekly beach day. It was packed! I think everyone and their mother was there. I have never seen so many people there before...EVER. We had a great time though! I love sitting in the sun with my girls friends and watching the kids play. This was the gang today minus a few. These cute kids walked up and down the beach finding sand crabs the whole time. They found probably 100! Is was actually a gross sight to see. I can't believe I used to do the same thing. They are nasty little critters.

This is Melanie showing me one of the BIG ones she found. I made her stand away!

AND this is the cute little girl we lost today! She was only missing for like 8 minutes, but it seemed like forever. It just reminded me of this time. My sister-in-law came into town with the kids this week from Colorado and they showed up at the beach too. It was the first time I had seen them, so I was giving hugs, talking to them. Chelsea wanted to go back to "our group", so I watched her walk away and head right for Spencer. I could see her and Spencer perfectly. Well, apparently she went past Spencer and kept walking...for about 1/2 a mile. We alerted the lifeguards and the whole crowd on the beach started looking for my lost wanderer. She tells everyone that "Abby found me!" Abby is one of her favorite babysitters. Abby spotted her silhouette quite a ways down the beach. When I got to her, she held on to me for dear life. She was so scared! I tired asking her where she went, she wouldn't talk to anyone. She slept for about a hour after that. It took a lot out of her...and me!

This was taken at about 5:00 after everyone on the beach left. I was completely packed up, Chelsea was already headed for the car with her wagon of sand toys and these are my other two AFTER I TOLD THEM TO GET OUT AT LEAST 5 TIMES!! BUT, I didn't get mad. I thought about it....believe me! But then, I called Chelsea back, set my chair up AGAIN and started shooting pictures. Wow, this is the life! We didn't have anything to get back for. Daddy doesn't get home until at least 7:30, so why not? Many memories of my childhood flowed back as I watched them. I sort of jealous! I wanted to be a kid again right at that moment! My mom took us to the beach like everyday during the summer. We camped on the beach for weeks at a time. We were always at the beach and I LOVED body surfing. If there had been someone to watch Chelsea and the water wasn't FREEZING, I would have joined them! I let them play for a while longer until Melanie got plowed by a HUGE wave and it was time to go home. Until next week!