Florida has been burning up and we have spent many days at the beach! The surf has been rough at times and when Mia wants to boogie board she wears her life jacket. I myself have hit the deck when trying to get out far enough to ride a wave in, and I am telling you that was NOT a pretty sight!! Our pool temp has consistently been at 90-91 and it has been a rather dry summer here! We have been missing those afternoon showers to cool off the pool a few degrees!

My Summertime Girl

I think that we spend most of our time in our bathing suits from May til late September. Mia has mastered the backstroke and can do the entire length with no problems, we are working on the breaststroke right now but she's got to get some muscle behind those arms!!

This weekend, Mia's close friend Haley had her birthday party which was a Hula theme. So I dug deep in Mia's closet and found the hula skirt that my parents brought back from Hawaii last year. She does not like the coconut top, so the skirt it was!

yep! most of us were ALL together for a family shot! I can't believe it!! My grandfather

is 85 and his sister, my great aunt is 87. My side of the family is really small and this

almost sums it all up!!

Thank God for a tripod and a timer. It was quite funny watching me hall *ss to the group

while the timer was counting down.

Family....Fun there is nothing like cousins! Our 4th of July this year was spent with our toes in the sand!!