Making a Splash for Emma's 6th Birthday

Cousin Emma's birthday in early June has always been one of the hottest days of the year so we are very thankful that Emma likes to have pool parties for her birthday and that she has a pool in her backyard.  This year she wanted to kick things up a notch and add something different.  She wanted a BEACH!  The girl loves the beach.  She now has a beach house too!  Lucky girl!  Her parents hauled in some sand and set up a cute little sandy beach in their backyard.  It turned out great, and the kids loved it! 

Here are some pictures of our backyard beach fun:


Emma Beach is the coolest place to be!  Who needs Hawaii or the Bahamas?



Evan and Lanny hangin' out at the beach.



He's got his feet in the sand.



The birthday girl



The birthday girl pretending she's a mermaid.



Showing us how she is swimming by herself now!



Cute lil' surfer dude!



Emma's little brother, Lanny, is so happy.



Emma can also jump off the diving board with no floaties!



Emma and her best buddy, Ava ~ They have been friends since their first days in preschool at 2 and hope to keep up the friendship even though they go to different schools now!



The cute lil' cabana.  Aunt Jessica painted all the little surfboards.



Emma's cute beach cake



Evan would swim around holding onto a ring float and is really getting good at kicking his legs.



My two boys having fun in the pool.



Pretending he's a rocketship!



Blastoff!