Impromptu Beach Evening

Today I focused on getting things done around the house – washing sheets, cleaning rooms, wrestling and playing with the boys, refereeing the boys, etc. and by the late afternoon, I was feeling a little restless from being cooped up all day. My friend Khania called on her way home from work and we decided to meet at the beach for a little bit before dinnertime. I’m always extra happy to meet friends at the beach rather than go by myself with the kids. I threw the kids in the bike trailer and we rode over to the beach. There is a hill that I have to climb on my way to the beach that really kills me when I’m towing my boys behind me and I’m feeling the burn in my legs tonight as I’m writing this. (I should do that ride every day!!)

When I got to the beach around 4:30, the clouds and light were so pretty. I was kicking myself for not bringing my camera, so I borrowed Khania’s car, ran home really quick and brought it back to the beach. Here are some shots from tonight -

Evelyn and Eli running through the water:

Evelyn was giving me some great faces today :)

Eli was all about going into the water, putting his face in, and proudly showing us that he was doing so.

Charlie was running in and out of the water too:

Grant was out of the water for the most part, constructing an elaborate sand castle colony:

I brought Eli and Charlie’s bath robes instead of towels because they stay on so much easier (I realize it looks a little funny, but I don’t care!):

Pretty girl:

I have no idea why my 3-year-old was chewing on his robe:

Charlie scoping out the waves :)

Evelyn and Khania:

We saw our friend Izumi there with her cute little boy, whose dad is a certain Olympic gold speed skater from Chicago… I think this little guy has such a beautiful look:

At one point Charlie came charging at me:

Later all warm and cozy in his bathrobe:

I really have to laugh every time I look at the height difference between these two – Little E and Tall E.

Cute friends:

I feel so behind on blogging, but I’m going to try to keep up with the recent pictures and do some catch up along the way. My computer continues to get slower and slower and it’s driving me crazy. However, my new one is on its way and will be here in a few days!! I can’t wait. This is after ordering two other computers before this one and having both arrive totally dead. My camera was acting funny today and later I checked the shutter actuations – it’s up to 70,320 from the last 3 1/2 years!! Crazy. I think the shutter is starting to wear out, unfortunately. Technology has not been my friend lately!!

Despite all of that, I have lots of great photos to post soon from recent portrait sessions and a few wedding open houses that have kept me busy busy busy. I’ll add them to my photography blog soon. It has been a very full month!