We started our beach mornings at 7:00 am thanks to our kids being such early risers. We were keeping warm by the fire.



Coloring pictures at the aquarium....Alora's favorite part besides the giant octopus.


Elijah was strapped into a carousal horse and went by himself. I stood beside him but he was on his own. My baby is growing up.

Elijah's favorite part of the aquarium was the touch tank. He didn't like the feel of seaweed.

We took a three day family excursion to the coast last weekend. It was so fun to do the coast again now that Alora is older. She was able to enjoy a tiny aquarium for 1.5 hours, play in the sand, climb the sand dunes, ride the carousal, and eat salmon burgers! She is almost three and it is such a magical age for exploration. We can't wait to take her camping! Elijah was a little sick with a runny nose and was mellow the majority of the trip, but he did enjoy taking in the sights.