More Beach Time

They could have sat here all day playing in the sand and watching the tide roll in and out.

The first few days at the beach Lucy Mills was cautious and would not walk into the water without holding my hand.  Eventually she warmed up and this was where she was happiest.

Lucy Mills and Anna Heath jumping the waves together.  Sweet girls!

While the girls were doing their thing, McClain was doing his...

flirtin' with pretty girls on the beach.
 Literally, he would go up to any girl on the beach, lift up her hat and plant a big wet kiss on her lips.  Apparently his charm worked because no one ever complained.  This happened everyday y'all.

I felt like his theme song for the week was I'm Sexy and I Know It. 

Heaven help me when this boy is a teenager!
Maybe Miss Rule Follower can help us straighten him out.

Every morning she would come get in bed with us and say Mama, I need to snuggle with you.  Followed with can we go to da ocean dis day? 

Sure.  We can go to the ocean this day.

Sweet Summertime

Can we just live here? Is the question I was asking myself during our 10 days at Litchfield.  

Having Daddy all to ourselves, no meal planning, bills to pay, errands to run, floors to clean, and the only decision I had to make was were we going to the ocean or the pool.  Yes, vacation is a wonderful thing.  

It's an added sweetness that I have the joy of seeing my children sink their toes into the same shore that I did as I child.  Lucy Mills and McClain are the third generation in the family to make summertime memories at this beautiful place. 

Travis and I enjoyed the children so much this trip.  They both really took to swimming and we couldn't tear our little fish away from the water at the end of the day.  

I loved our walks on the beach, watching McClain nose dive into the ocean waves, seeing Lucy Mills' confidence grow in the swimming pool, sipping wine on the balcony at night, getting mother/daughter pedicures, hearing little voices ask for more "sunscream," sleeping in until 10:30 one morning thanks to my loving husband, having sister time at the pool, seeing the F-16 fly over on the 4th, and many more memories. 

Time is flying by.  These are the moments I desperately want to bottle up and revisit over and over again.