Sunset at the Beach

This set of photos is from a couple weeks ago, but I'm still a bit behind.  

We recently joined up with lots of friends for a night at the beach to watch the sunset at 9pm -- a first for my early-to-bed kids.

We had three lovely hours of beach time. Chloe spent nearly the entire time bobbing like a cork in the waves chasing after the tall kids everywhere they went.  She was smiling non-stop.  I checked in on her several times to see if she wanted me to play in the sand or jump waves on the shore with her, but she denied all intrusions and kept bobbing along.

Some of the tween and teen girls frequently took breaks and checked in on her to give her love.  Liv is her favorite :-)  That's all Chloe needed to go bobbing around after them again....

Evan and his friend Jed paired off early in the night to start digging a giant sand hole.  They worked for over an hour and were very sore!

They hit water right around when it was time to leave, but they were super proud of the mark they left on the earth that night.

A beautiful late night.