Beach Day with Friends

Today we headed to the beach with some of Eli's friends. Eli and I have been getting together with some of the new moms at church every now and then, so today we thought it would be fun to invite the dads along too. We had four families there-all with kids Eli's age or younger. It was so much fun!

This was our 'camp'. Most of us have these little 'half tent' things that provide shade for our kiddos. Between that and the umbrellas we had plenty of shade (Though I still managed to get a bit of sunburn...)

Apparently Eli's sunglasses don't taste very good...

Eli and Olivia waiting for us to get our camp set up.

This was Edgar's first time to the beach with Eli.

I was trying to get a shot of Eli sitting in the water, but every time a wave came it would knock him over, so dad stood close by and caught him, while I snapped away...quickly :)

Goin' for a dip

Debbie and Levi. (Not sure why this picture is so small...)

Olivia fell asleep while sitting with Christine. She's just so stinkin' cute!

Kaz seems to really like the water...perhaps he gets that from his parents...

Eli loved the water. He would cry when we would take him back the tent. His swim shirt is a bit too small on him so we slathered him in sunscreen and ventured out shirtless. He seemed to like that better. He did really good today, and only got mildly cranky near the end. I think he was tired...he fell asleep as soon as he was put in the car seat!

Happy family!

Eli, texting all his friends who didn't come...

'Mommy! Why won't they text back?!'

'Maybe if I suck my thumb it will make it all better...'

The dads with their kids. (The girls took a unanimous vote that we shouldn't have to be in the shot...)

The fantastic four

We packed up around 1 and headed over to the area where there were showers. Eli and Olivia got all the sunscreen washed off, put on some clean clothes and played in the grass for a bit. While they enjoyed playing with each other, I think the grass was more interesting to them than anything.

My handsome little boy!

We can't wait for many more adventures with Eli's friends. We love hanging out with all these families!

Enjoy the video of Eli enjoying the beach!