Welcome everyone to our blogspot. We are the Martin family. Jeff, Courtney and Elise. We've created the blog so we can stay in touch with our family and friends. Hopefully through pictures everyone will be able to watch Elise grow since we are far away from most of our loved ones. So, if everyone will be active participants in the blog, I think we'll have a good time.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Spending time with friends!

Today we went to the beach with our Navy friends Liz and Audrey. Audrey is 3 months older than Elise and they are new buds. Elise enjoyed rubbing sunscreen on Audreys back. Audrey didn't seem to mind. They were so cute playing together!

I saw dolphins about 200 ft out from the shore today. I think there was about three of them, it was pretty cool!




The girls wanted to be like each other so they were good and wore their hats to prevent premature sun damage!



Seashells! The girls had a wonderful time searching through the shells. It could have kept them busy for hours. The girls did a good job sharing.






Elise is an angel! She loved watching the seagulls, she would point at them and say, "bird". She learns new words everyday.




Earlier this morning I put Elise in her new swing that we hung from the pergola. She loved it!
It think she was in it for 1/2 hour.


Here we are last week at the base marina. VT-4 participated in the Captains Cup sailing competition, so we decided to show some support and go out and watch. I don't think they did very well...plus Jeff, Elise and I were the only fans there.




We saw lots of hermit crabs at the marina. Elise surprisingly didn't seem too interested in the water that day.



2 comments:

Julie said...

The beach looks like so much fun!!! I love looking at the pictures of Elise at the beach because she always seems to be having a great time! Oh, I totally understand about digging for the seashells. That would have kept Riley entertained for hours too. The swing can be good and bad. Riley LOVES to swing, even when it is not so convenient...like when we are trying to get ready to go in the mornings. I am sure you will get your money's worth out of the swing! Love, Julie

The Winkleplecks said...

Can I just say for the millionth time how cute she is!! The beach looks wonderful. Enjoy the summer. We are playing in our pool in the backyard. Hannah loves it.