Sunday, March 3, 2013

Florida Part 2–The Beach

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This year we made it to  the beach almost every day. The weather was spectacular – lots of sun and quite warm. Ally loved the beach – playing in the sand, making drip castles, throwing the Frisbee, wading in the ocean to look for shells. Everything was fun to her this year about the beach.

I take pictures of the walk down to the beach every year. Ally is always holding Grandma or Beck’s hand. Each year I feel a but nostalgic wondering when she won’t hold our hand any more.

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Aunt Martha and Becky walked down to the water while Ally worked on her push ups.

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Drip castles and Frisbee

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Of course in between throws Ally would be doing handstands.

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What trip to the beach is complete without rolling around and trying to bury yourself in the sand?

 

 

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This year there was a tide pool that Ally enjoyed walking in and searching for shells. I love how she clung tightly to Becky the whole time.

 

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I asked Ally before we went if she would ride while I pushed the stroller and she enthusiastically said yes. So I rented a stroller again this year to take a walk everyday. The problem was when we walked on the beach we got distracted by the water and looking for shells. A very nice woman took our picture above.

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Ally still loved to chase the seagulls.

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One morning Becky joined us and we flew our kite – that is it in the above right picture.  And below are a couple pictures an amateur photographer took of us, she said loves to take pictures of families while on vacation and then she emailed us the pictures.

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This group is my favorite set – and Becky took them on our first day there on her iPhone while I went shopping with my mom and Aunt.

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No trip is complete without seeing the sunset!

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