Beach time!

We spent President's Day weekend at the beach house with Aaron, Rhonda, Grant and Emmett! 

1.  Ben got his finger stuck in the 'air pucky' machine for an agonizing 30 minutes until daddy finally moved the right part to release his finger.  Ben's first reaction? Grab a air hockey paddle and get right back at it...
2.  We had a horizontal rain shower on Saturday that cut our beach time short and left us soaking wet.
3.  Sunday was great weather - the boys enjoyed 2 trips to the beach.
4.  Favorite activities: Chinese Checkers (marbles), real checkers with Uncle Aaron, and practicing our 'smiles' for the camera.  We still need some work on that!

Eli asked me to take pictures of him eating craisens...  His attempt at smiling cracks me up!  It only got worse as I tried to get him to smile naturally.

 All 4 cousins "playing" together - until Eli got a bit crazy with the marbles...

 Yeah, Ben - a real smile!