Beach Fun at I Heart Faces!!!

It's Beach Fun Week at I Heart Faces and that makes me happy because I love the beach. I love the sand. I love the heat. I love the smell. I love the water. I don't love the memory of my four jellyfish stings last year. I love the time spent with family and friends. I love the relaxation. I love the wind. I don't love the mosquitoes. I love the food. I love being lazy. I love drip castles. I love sand dollars. I love the memories.

One of my favorite memories from our beach trip this year was when we realized, while cooking dinner, that the sunset was going to be really pretty. The teenagers scattered to find the perfect outfits, we turned off the stove, grabbed our cameras and raced to the other end of the island to the perfect sunset photo capturing spot. We got there a little past the prime "setting" time but we had a great time anyway.

This is the kind of picture teenagers prefer to take. As the mother of a teenage boy, I have learned to embrace the goofy face picture. I've learned I will always remember what his real smile looks like, so I never want to miss the funny, goofy, silly faces he and his friends make. Those are the shots you can't duplicate and the ones I don't want to miss. Plus, those will be the funny one to show off twenty years from now.

Check out the other fun beach photos over at I Heart Faces.