Elora's Birthday and Beach weekend

 This weekend we went to Boca Raton to celebrate our niece Elora's 1st Birthday! It's so nice being in Florida and not having to miss out on things because we're too far away.  In about an hour and a half we made it there and had lots of fun celebrating with her!  Reagan had fun checking out her cousin, she was so interested in how Elora was able to stand up and get around.  Just since yesterday she has been coming closer and closer to crawling.  She's even more determined now that she's seen how it done!

Reagan taking notes....how do you stand up like that Elora?  I must learn too!

 I love Elora's face looking at Junelle here, she's like okay sis, whatever you say.

 Junelle and Beth

 The party was at Elora's grandparents house (Zach's parents); Reagan and Jake loved having new toys to play with.  They had tons of toys!

 And we went for a swim in their pool! Here's Jake pretending to go fishing with a noodle....

 Ava riding a dolphin

 Junelle and Jake paddling the boat, I think Jake was trying to knock Ava off the dolphin with his paddle, typical Jake.

 Ava and Jake paddling

 Birthday girl getting ready for cake!

 Baby Reagan happy to be playing with more toys!

 Then on Sunday we had a beach day.  Rob is at work in Tampa all week and while I take pride in my ability to do handle most things on my own with 3 kids in tow, a day at the beach is not one of them.  Ava and Jake have no fear of the water and waves and with a baby it's too much for just me, so we hit the beach on the weekend while Rob is here!

Reagan and Rob taking a snooze...

 Jake and Ava were in the water all day, it felt like bath water.

 My view from the chair...pretty baby and pretty ocean!

It was a great weekend!