Sunday, December 22, 2013

Summer debut 
 

I won't lie. It's depressing when our summer temperatures are colder than Phoenix's winter temperatures.  I thought if we could just get through the long cold winter then we would be rewarded greatly with a long hot summer.  We do have some beautiful days that just feel my soul with sunshine, but it seems like for every warm day we get about 3 days of cold. Right now I have my electric blanket on and that's just messed up.  But it takes the rain to appreciate the sun and I was so grateful that we were graced with its presence on our first official day of summer break. It was obvious where you could find us. Flying kites, digging in the sand, chasing beach balls, collecting shells and living on beach time without a care in the world. Kylie said days like these are a dream come true and I would have to agree.






Kylie hanging out with her new friend. As you can see, she's thrilled. The beach was virtually empty and this lady decided to plop her beach towel down no less than two feet away from us. Usually people see a mom and four crazy kids and head in the complete opposite direction, so this kind of had me baffled.  She would just shake off any sand Ryder happened to throw her way and continue with her sun bathing.





7 comments:

Tyson and Dawn Jolley said...

Kylie's face is priceless in that photo with the sunbather! And that digger toy Ryder is on is awesome!
Hopefully your summer warms up soon and more sunny days are headed your way!

Cammi said...

I can't believe how cold it still is there. Will it get warmer or is this normal summer weather?

Janessa said...

I'm glad you got to kick summer off with some sun. Too bad you're not seeing more if it! I wonder if you'll die of heat when you move back to AZ. Great pictures of a fun day at the beach. Minus the personal space bubble intruder. And I agree with Dawn, that digger toy is sweet! Happy summer!

Kyoo said...

Do they get in the water?? Even on the warmest day when I was hot and sweaty from hiking it still froze my hide and I couldn't get in. I miss NZ so much right now! We're in Minnesota for our winter trip this year and believe it or not it doesn't quite fill the void...

Chelsea said...

hilarious with the sun bather! she was so clearly drawn to such a happy, cute, fun group of americans ;) who WOULDN'T park their towel two feet away?

Hollie Hanson said...

The cold does not come through in your awesome pictures!
Man I wish I could come spend a week there! You and I would do some serious camera damage ;)

Jodee said...

Good Girl. You park that bum right in the sand each and every warm day you have. I love it!!!