...FREEZING!

But we were determined to dip our feet in and enjoy the experience - any experience - at the beach. Jeremiah had been asking for months and we didn't want to get so close and not go! We picked a day of our vacation and we drove out to the salty sea and braved the cool winds for a glance at the great big Pacific Ocean.

Jeremiah thought it was really neat, he didn't stop smiling for a long time as he took in the soft sand, crashing waves, sea gulls and lots of seaweed!
Jane tried to pretend it was warm...

Katie tried even harder by actually getting into the water... brrrr!
Jane caught a moment between John and I under the pier...
My big belly at the beach (6 months!)...
Then there is Jeremiah. All bundled up, digging in the sand with Grandma. He had so much fun playing in the sand with his shovel, sand molds and bucket of water. This is much better than the little sandbox at home!
John spending some quiet time contemplating deep thoughts between tossing rocks and shells into the sea...
Someone else contemplating deep thoughts? Or just contemplating how to get some food from us?
Something happened and there was a frenzy where tons of seagulls swarmed the sea in front of us...
The tootsies of us who dipped in the sea. Jeremiah didn't want to quit playing in the sand and he also still had his socks and shoes on so he didn't make it into this shot...


Sorry it's been forever since I posted! We were gone one week with no internet (YAY and BOO at the same time!). I came home and got very sick. Then spent most of last week getting things back together at home and life in general.

I'll post more pics from vacation but wanted to post a few from our day at the beach. I just upgraded to CS3 from PSE 2.0 (what is that, like the first PS?! Can you upgrade any bigger than that? LOL) so I had a few learning curves just to find some things! I was playing with Jess's Warm Honey Action while seeing how the whole "action" thing worked and thought it was perfect for these images. The lighting (and weather) were very cool and these warmed them up nicely and added a little vintage/nostalgic feeling to them.

Have a blessed week!