Dena took Kaiden and Ethan to the Bay today for some quality summer beach time - while I sat in my office sulking because I could not go with them.  When they got back to Dena’s house, before she took them to the pool, she uploaded her pictures from their adventure.  There were some really cute shots of the two of them from behind - which I LOVED.  Although I don’t think these two kids are capable of taking a bad photo, there is just something about the two of them from behind that makes my insides melt.  We took a photo of them a few years ago down on the boardwalk at the beach during the Neptune Festival when they were three years old and it is one of my all-time favorite photos EVER - and it happens to be from behind.

I cannot tell you how the crowd of people down at the Neptune Festival parted right down the middle that day as they walked right on through giggling and holding hands, making their way down the boardwalk.  People pointed and made comments to us about how adorable they were.  It was the cutest thing to watch.  When I saw Dena’s photos from today, it made me think of that photo, because once again, it was an adorable photo of the two of them from behind.

Now, don’t get me wrong… There are other photos of them taken from OTHER angles than from behind… like from the side that make my heart melt too…

But the ones from behind rank pretty high up there with me.

Walking in Seashore State Park (called First Landing State Park now, but it will always be Seashore State Park to me) with Ashton and Ethan.  Found this photo in Dena’s photostream on Flickr when I was searching for another photo and I just love it.

Well shoot… it came here instead of Twitter.

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Kaiden and Ethan ducked into the clubhouse today with a bottle of lotion.  Kaiden came out looking like this.  Luckily Dena had her camera and was able to snap a photo.  I also was privileged enough to listen to Dena talk to the kids about the lotion… which would not normally be funny, except Dena cannot just call it lotion, she has to repeatedly call it Shea Cocoa Butter, which cracks me the hell up.

This is how Ashton walked home from the pool… the whole way.  He is such a weirdo sometimes.

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Dena and I enjoying our Slurpees and eavesdropping on the neighbors.  Expect this same post on Dena’s blog tonight.

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