This week we were finally able to take the boys to the beach for the first time since we've been home. It was a cool day but still very nice. Noah had been before but this was Micah's very first time at the beach! After being gone for most of the last 4 years we appreciate the blessing of living only 20 minutes from the beach a lot more than before!
Nana and Noah are checking out all the little critters that are hanging out in the tide pool. There were lots of little tiny crabs of some sort, anemones, and many other little critters.
Mommy and Micah got to "hang" out together :-) Micah was quite enthralled with all there was to look at.
Look at all that water!
It took Micah a while to even get to this point. He is still skeptical and not really liking this whole sand thing.
Daddy is giving some reassurance but it doesn't seem to help much.
Baby feet and sand make a very picturesque scene.
Finally he decides to dig in a little and see what this is all about.
We found a starfish. Noah thought it felt funny.
We found a cave... or a crevice is more like it... but to Noah it was a cave!
It is amazing what kind of cool and beautiful things we find in God's creation! 
