Off to the beach!

We headed off to the lake with some ladies from the ward and some of their relatives on Wednesday.  We had 6 moms and I think 22 kids or so as well.  It was crazy, unfortunately I wasn't able to get a picture of all of them together.  Let me just say my kids are fantastic.  Carson got a little fussy as it got later and later in the day but my kids stayed close and didn't go wandering off.  It was really nice to be able to talk some.  We headed down to the beach about 10:30 and it was chilly in the shade.  There weren't very many people though.  The sand had been freshly combed and it was nice and loose so they could actually dig and play with the sand.  That's what they spent the majority of the trip doing.

 Dillon was having a good time running out of the water making the biggest splash he could.

 One bucket of water?  No, give me TWO!

 Carson is discovering the wonders of standing and playing, and walking!  Last Friday we were at Grandma and Papa H's, they were watching Aunt Anna and Uncle Scott's kids which means Brett (who is 6 weeks older than Carson) was there.  Well guess what, Brett is toddling around everywhere.  This interaction made Carson suddenly interested in walking.  He has been going ever since.  So yesterday (at the lake) was his first time walking on lumpy, bumpy sand.  Today he was walking all over the grass and in shoes!  He has decided that he likes walking better than crawling and will even get up to walk again if he falls or sits down.  He gets better everyday.  In the picture about he is throwing sand into that bucket, he would squat down, get a handful then stand back up and toss it in.

 The first thing Kayda did there was start digging a canal.  By the end of the trip the big boys (including Dillon) had turned it into a whole water way.  They would put the spouted buckets at the top and keep them full so the water was constantly running.  It was pretty clever.

 Kayda and Olivia.  They're in the same Sunday School class and I've decided that Olivia's mom and I are good friends so it works out great.  Unfortunately they won't go to the same elementary school.

 Dillon did this several times.  He thought it was very entertaining.  The only problem was that then he decided it was fun to dump on OTHER people too so we had to have a little discussion about that.

 Dillon and the big boys.

 Perfect example of what they were using our spouted buckets.  Carson loved playing in the puddles Kayda kept creating.

 Carson and Buster are right about 2 months apart and were playing great together.  This is Olivia's little brother so again... it works out perfect.  They kept trying to give eachother baby kisses.  SUPER cute.

 Then they kept playing together.

 ...and kept playing with eachother.  Pretty good for two kids right around a year old.

 This is Kayda and Olivia's cousin.  Nothing like matching swimsuits to instantly form a bond.  They played together pretty much the whole time once she got there.

 Whenever Carson wanted to get to the water he would do the bum scoot.  He would stretch out his legs and pull himself forward on his bottom until he got close enough to the water to kick it.

Two little mermaids...

It was a great time at the lake and I'm totally excited to do something like that with all the ladies again.  Tomorrow we're headed to the splash park.  Hopefully we'll have some pictures of that as well!