An Afternoon at the Beach

Today was supposed to be a very hot and humid day with a heat index reaching 100. I don't know if we really reached a heat index of 100, but I do know that it was extremely humid and windy. What better place to go on a hot, humid day in summer than the beach? My friend, Kendra, and her 2 girls drove over for the afternoon so we all could head to Lake Michigan. Our intention was to go to the State Park in Grand Haven. That didn't work out. We were 3 cars away from getting into the park, when they shut the park. It was full! Never in all the years we have lived in West Michigan have I ever seen the beach that packed. Now to be fair, on hot, humid, and muggy days I tend to hole up in my air conditioned house and venture back outside when the weather becomes more civilized! Our bigger question now was where are we going to go? We hit Lakeshore Drive and made our way to Holland. On the way, we came to Kirk Park and thought we would try our luck there. Luckily we were able to get in. They were allowing one new car in as one car would be leaving. We unpacked our car and started our trek towards the beach. It was definitely worth the wait to get in and the long walk down to the beach. The girls had so much fun!

This was Olivia's first chance to actually play and get wet at the beach!

Here she tries to step over the wave herself.

Olivia loved sitting in the water and letting the waves crash right into her.

The other thing Olivia really seemed to enjoy was watching her feet sink in the sand as the waves crashed back and forth on the shoreline.

Our little ham playing in the sand.

While we were grilling hotdogs for dinner, the girls found a hole that someone else created and really enjoyed playing in it until the dogs were ready.

Nothing like a little sand with your hotdog!

What better way to end a wonderful day than with a rainbow?

How about a double rainbow?

If you look to the left of the rainbow, you can faintly see the second rainbow.

It was a great way to finish out our fun day!