WHAT DO YOU FIND ON THE BEACH???????

It's not only mommy saying "No Swimming"  they have flags every few yards telling you to stay out of the water.

 When you are at the beach one thing you think you are going to do is swim....Imagine the disappointment you feel when you have been to the beach three days in a row and there is no swimming the ocean.  Hopefully tomorrow they will allow it.  The girls are really unhappy that they are not able to ride their boogie boards, jump the waves and just have fun in the water knowing that you may be pulled out in a rip tide. Erin said the girls put there feet in and then before you know it they are laying in the water covered to the neck. They must not be to afraid. At least they are able to swim in the pool and play in the sand. 

 Imagine seeing this in the water or get hit by it.

Another man was trying to get this out of the water yesterday and Tom tried to help him.  A wave moved it and it slammed Tom in the leg.  Erin said when it first hit him he felt like it broke his leg.  I can believe that it really hurt.  I'm glad the girls are not in the water with things like this floating around.  They brought a truck in today to pull it out. We think it looks like a hatch of off a ship.

 While it didn't break his leg, he did end with a cut and bleeding.  The girls had great stories to tell about this, but I wasn't sure what to believe with what the girls were telling me.

 Erin, sunbathing and reading a book.  (The Help)  Great book...I'm almost through it.

I'd rather see my family on the beach than in the water with signs saying they can't swim or big objects in the surf that will hurt them.

 Sydney 

It looks like she missed the towel or maybe she is trying to keep the sand off the towel.

Sydney is not crazy about the ocean.  She does some swimming, but is concerned about being knocked about. 
 I wonder if this is why she is laying on the towel watching instead of playing close to the water.

Our little bathing beauty
No wonder Sydney is so tan.  She spends a lot of time sitting in the sun.

The girls

With a rip tide and large objects in the water I'm glad these little girls are not in the water.  Hopefully there are not many other objects floating around if the girls are allowed in the water tomorrow.