Summer in a nutshell

I know that I am so behind on blogging for the summer. I didn't have a computer for part of the summer and then I just got so busy with school starting and PTA projects. It doesn't look like life will be slowing down anytime soon so I guess I am just going to have to find time to blog.

Here is our summer in a very small nutshell:

My aunt Terri always paints characters for the kids to get their pictures taken with for the 24th of July.

Chris' parents gave us a trip to Newport beach for Christmas. We had lots of fun at a beach house for a week. Hayden did not like the ocean. He loves swimming but the waves freaked him out. He is upset that Chris is holding him in the water.

We thought that this starfish was dead. A teenage girl was carrying around the beach. Blake wanted to look at it. After he flashed his smile at her, she told him he could keep it. We later found out that it was alive. We took a picture and put it back in the water.

Hayden had lots of fun in the sand.

Jackson had a blast swimming in the waves and looking for seashells.