Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! These pictures are for Maxine, since she can't be with us today. We love you and wish you could see the kids having all this fun. Elizabeth LOVES the ocean. She started shrieking as soon as she saw it, and she sat in the water and played while the waves crashed around us. She even let go of me and ran in- until the waves pushed her down. Then she decided it was more fun to play in the water next to momma ;)

Micaela and Gabriel took off first thing. They're fearless and wild.

Nathaniel waited to get the rules before he swam. Papa explained the ocean to him, and now he's excited to play and swim and almost as daring as the others!

Asher doesn't care for the water, but he loves the sand. We swam for a long while yesterday, but this morning we've mostly been playing in sand. These are pictures I took from the porch of our rental home early this morning.

Asher is chasing the birds. He is his mother's child ;)

I was nervous that Ian couldn't watch all five, so I brought LouBear back on the porch to play with baby Aidan. Here he is with my sister Leslie and Nana.

I didn't sleep well, and I talked Ian into going on a walk with me in the dark at 5:00 this morning. We found a bunch of shells to show the kids.

So that's it so far- I'll keep you posted-hehe