ahhh....summer. pools, floaties, beaches, shells, sunscreen, & cute smiles. fun stuff i gotta remember when it's 101 degrees. here's mia catchin' some rays in our backyard pool where i practically lived while it was SOOOO stinkin' hot...!

not sure what's-up with the "peace" fingers, but they are a new bailee "must" in pictures.

yes, bailee has two fingers up--ya gotta look close. phew!!

OCEAN SHORES...this was a trip we took a few weeks ago...it was great...the ocean was just beautiful, the sand was awesome--the kind that gets EVERYWHERE--it was the blowey-super-fine-get-in-cracks&crevices-you-didn't-know-you-had kinda sand. bailee gave it a thumbs-up.

eli LOVED the waves--& it wasn't exactly "hot"--only like mid-sixties--but he could not stay away from the water.

zach made "sand" angels...& yes, as you can see, you could just drive right on the beach & park. very cool!