The Beach

On Thursday we went to the beach!! Well, it was really called Lake Elmo, but it is a man-made beach. It is about the size of a couple of very large swimming pools put together and there are life guards on duty there. I have never been to anything like it and thought it was great! Avery loved playing in the sand. She wanted to walk all the way around the beach and so Al took her. She was very determined and made it all the way!

We stayed for a couple of hours and Jen and I enjoyed relaxing while the kids and Al all played in the sand and water. It wasn't super warm that day and so the water was a little on the cold side, but the kids didn't mind. Every once in a while Avery would come running to me with her teeth chattering and I would bundle her up and hold her until she was warm and then she would run off to play again.