My remote shutter officially died on this trip. Insert major sad face! I’m fairly certain it’s a random setting that I pushed accidentally, and yet…after HOURS of researching…can’t figure out. I had to go back to the self timer on the camera, and I have NO IDEA how I used to do that all the time!!! Needless to say, I was a hot sweaty mess by the time we left!
BTW, vintage Levi’s are the perfect jeans for crop tops! Even if you think you can’t score them thrifting. You CAN if you want to… 
I loooooove all the fluffy clouds! 
OMG, and that face?!!
LOVE!!! 
I told her NOT to throw sand…
And then…decided WTF, she was due for a bath anyways….
I mean, can you say no to that face??! 
On me…
Top- Free People “Sue’s Swinging Peplum” (Nordstrom Rack, sold out, similar here)
Jeans- Levi’s 501 (thrifted, and DIY cut similar here)
Shoes- Converse (thrifted)
On Maya…
Dress- Sweet Luka Mo (old, tank version here)
Rain Boots- (thrifted, but similar here)
Keeping it Real…
I promise she’s laying there laughing 😉
(all pictures taken with a self timer and tripod, except ones of Maya :))
I love this next one. It totally looks beautifully posed. Clearly…it wasn’t 😉 
Of course, she had requested temporary tattoos on her a few days before. I tried wiping them off, but is there anything more authentic on a 4 year old??! 
So her…jumping of anything and everything! 
I seriously love Seattle on days like this… 
Oddly, this next one is one of my favorites…
And that smile-DYING!! 
And then…whatever, I’ll just embrace the water. 
And…I knew this would happen eventually! I’m just glad it didn’t happen in the first 5 minutes, like it usually does ;} 
If you don’t already get it, go get the 
Um….or this 😉
Although…I do love this. Even if she’s rolling in a pile of weeds! We’ll just call them wildflowers 😉 Seriously, I’m pretty sure Seattle is the only beach that has patches of “wildflowers” here and there-love it!
I asked my mom if she wanted to come with us. A lot of times the minute Maya’s feet hit the sand, she’s OFF!! And…into the water. I wanted to try and get a few pictures before all that happened, so I brought my secret weapon-Meme!! She never runs away from Meme 🙂
Randomly, I thought this looked better in black and white. Most of the prints in our home are black and white, so I’m drawn the them. In most cases for this blog, I like color, but I felt like I was actually doing a blog post for my work on this one, so I inserted a few black and white! 
Me… “Hey, Maya, want to come be with me?”
Oh, and I had to include this image! The tiny little dot in the far left corner is Maya. In most cases, she is NO where near me to photograph, as an FYI. If there is a chance for her to run, she’s RUNNING!!
And then I get her back. 🙂 She was totally cracking herself up!
And then just try and tell a 4 year old NOT to run in the water when it’s 40 degrees… 😉 
I can’t even… 
And then….She had enough haha. 🙂 
On me…
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