whatever

close-ups

i know i already shared this one....but it's so awesome....it had to be on again.

i ordered a canvas of it.
my last kid to be a toothless goofball.....wahhhh.

there is still one more michigan post to do.
best for last.....

 

 

last of the beach....

i have more michigan pics but no more beach ones.
these are the end.
kind of sad.....i miss the sand..... but not the stairs.

that's not our boat.
but it made a pretty picture.  




rainbow toenails....

books on the beach.....diary of a wimpy kid is too hard to put down.





and books in the water.....



these two boys were explorers....searching the waters for lost & founds.

they found a dead fish floating.....brought it to shore and then buried it.








we brought home this whole bucket of rocks to make a stepping stone.








man i love that swimsuit.

















and that is ALL of the beach pictures i have left.

such a beautiful place.

michigan....i love your beaches.

 

 

sunsets and bonfires

most evenings....the sunsets into the water right in front of our bluff/cliff.
quite an amazing site.
wiffle ball games and big pushes on the tire swing while we soaked up that yellow light.




photo by talby.  :)  i think this is my i-love-being-in-this-place-so-much-and-i-don't-ever-want-to-leave face.


suddenly the dads proclaim "bonfire on the beach" and all the kids run to the stairs.
i think to myself "really?  do we have to go down those stairs again?"
but i go because there is no place in kansas to have a beautiful bonfire on the beach that will trick your mind in to thinking you are on a tropical island or living in a LOST episode.


this is not even the halfway point....

goofy boys.  jake telling me "don't put this on your blog!" and me saying "you didn't sign the waiver jake!"




sean discovered monarch caterpillars at the bottom of the stairs.  my favorite!






depending on which way you faced the pictures turned out quite differently.




making smores on a windy beach is challenging....but they find a way when there is chocolate involved.




and the fireworks came out.....


and then it was dark.
i used my flash....the first time in years.  


the smoke from the fire made it look groovy man.
i think they were jedis? or harry potter fighting? who knows.  
they are using the cardboard the glow necklaces came in....not sticks.








it was beautiful.
and fun.
and worth the 223 steps back up.....i think.
 
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school enrollment today.
yippee.
$$$$ writing checks and filling out forms......my favey........not.

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how is your summer list coming along???