Summer Flashback - a day at the beach...

Well, it wasn't actually summer, but it still felt like it. On September 11th we went with the church youth to do a beach clean up. This was when Nathan was Young Men's President and the kids and I were not going to let a beautiful day at the beach go by while we sat at home! So we all went. It ended up being a good thing we were tagging along because I had the extra seats in my van that they needed to transport kids.

We had a BEAUTIFUL day at the Oregon Coast with PERFECT weather. It was AMAZING! Nick helped a lot with the beach clean up, Tatiana helped a little (two of her little friends came along) and I hung out with Ben and Andrew. I didn't want them to try to put on those big gloves and "touch" the trash.

After the beach clean up we all had lunch and then spent some time just enjoying the day!

Flying kites...

I love this picture of Tatiana and her two friends in the water with the sun behind them...

Big brother Nick taking time with the little boys. He is so good with them!

Ben running away from the waves. He did get plowed over by a couple and ended up soaked! It is a good thing I came prepared and brought a change of clothes for my kids.

More kite flying...

One of our little monkeys climbing on some driftwood...

Andrew playing in the sand...

It was a lot of fun! Can't wait to do it again!