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| My girl LOVES the water |
Well, this past weekend we had our 4th annual beach trip with the "Girls." This would be myself, Emily, Julyn (Emily's JuJu), Lisa (Emily's Titi), and Belen. We have been going for a weekend to Ocean Park/Long Beach, WA, for four summers in a row. My aunt and uncle have a cabin in Ocean Park that we have the wonderful privilege of using, and we had a BLAST!!!
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| Sweet Emily |
Each year we all look forward to this annual girls weekend! We have some fun traditions that we started four summers ago, and we continued them this past weekend. For those of you who have been to Long Beach, you will know many of these things that I mention...having pictures taken in front of the HUGE frying pan, (I'm 45 and did that as a kid), visiting and buying a trinket at Marsh's Free Museum, eating at the Cottage Bakery, having yummy clam chowder, riding the bumper cars (Emily got to ride for the first time), the tilt-a-whirl, going on the horse/cart ride, eating lots of salt water taffy, playing for hours in the sand and little inlets, watching movies, eating fudge, and most of all having the BEST TIME with family that we adore!
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| It's not cold Mommy | |
This year Emily was very EXCITED because she got to sleep UPSTAIRS. The past three years she had to sleep downstairs with me, but this year she got to sleep upstairs on her own bed!!! Big time stuff!! Too cute! She got it all set up with blankets and doggy within the first ten minutes!! :-)
We headed straight to the beach as soon as the cars were unpacked, and the girls played for hours. We enjoyed a nice dinner, some wine (the adults :-), a movie, and lots of laughs.
Saturday morning we headed into Long Beach and did our traditional things, had lunch, and then headed back to Ocean Park to play in the sand some more. This was followed again by another lovely dinner and fun!
Thank you Lisa and Belen for being part of our family and celebrating all of us girls each and every summer! We love you!!
Kathy
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| She could spend hours here |
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| In her own Heaven |
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| Busy girl |
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| Time of her life |
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| Darling Belen, my Sugarplum |
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| Belen's masterpiece |
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| Mama and her fawn right outside the cabin window |
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| DELISH cupcake |
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| Emily and Belen playing around! |
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| Best buds in matching braids |
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| Emily's first french braid...thanks Titi |
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| Too darling |
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| This is how cute morning is... |
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| THE yearly frying pan shot |
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| Mommy and her girl |
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| Cutie Belen driving on her own for the first time |
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| Thanks for the ride Titi |
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| Fabulous girl!!! |
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| Playing with the iPad |
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| Cutest shark and mermaid EVER!!! |
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| Emily's own personal "sand" bath |
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| Look mommy...it sticks |
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| Could that smile be any bigger??? |
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| This is what a weekend at the beach does to a girl |
