THE OCEAN

 I totally love going to the beach and take pictures.  I hate getting in the water.  I remember the first time I went to the beach and got in the ocean.  It totally freaked me out!  It wasn't the salt water, it was the sea weed and I thought at first it was an eel or some sea creature.  Even after finding out what it was, I didn't like getting in and riding the waves.  It's sad, really.  It always looked so fun until I actually got in.  So, of course, all my friends and family think I am crazy, and I thought I was a little to.  In October, we went to the beach and it was Katies (my youngest daughter) her first time getting in the ocean.  I, of course, didn't mention how I felt about getting in the water.  I just let her do it.  She was so excited.  The other girls were just having a blast and Katie came running to me and said that there were snakes or something in the water.  My genes have been passed down to my darling Katie.  Thank you Katie!  I am not alone.  She spent the rest of the day with me or building sand castles. 

I took pictures while on the beach in California when I went with my daughter, Brittany, as a chaperone with the Orchestra from American Fork High School. It was a really beautiful night.