Today was his baby blessing at church. It was very nice, and we were happy to have Todd's dad and his sister Beany with us. I'm so grateful to be married to a worthy Priesthood holder. 
Yesterday we all went to the beach. It was great, because Larry and Beany were more than willing to watch the kids, so Todd and I got to pull on our wetsuits and go body boarding for the first time in years. It felt wonderful to walk into the ocean, board strapped to my wrist. I got super excited with my first mouthful of salt water. It brought back memories. I loved to look at the water, which was blue-gray and silky. The ocean has a completely different appearance when you're a little bit into it than when you're standing on the beach. I'd forgotten. Crazy story. Todd and I each caught a wave and were back out trying to catch another. I just kept waiting for a wave to come. Todd caught one and I just kept waiting, but after that, it seemed like no more were coming for ever. Then this lifeguard showed up and shouted to me through her megaphone, "If you can hear me, wave your arm." I waved my arm. She said a few more things I couldn't understand, then said, "Something, something, wave your arm," so I waved it again. I looked around and couldn't see the surfers that had been nearby before. Suddenly, I was like, oh my gosh, is there a shark nearby? Is she clearing the water for a shark? I started to panic and swim hard, then thought, what if that draws attention to me? and slowed down. Then she asked me to wave my arm again, so I did, and she hopped on her surfboard and came out to me. By that point, I was almost to the beach. Turns out, no shark, I was just stuck in a riptide. She had said, "If you need help getting back, wave your arm," and of course I had waved my arm. I was so embarrassed.
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i would have totally panicked, too! i confess that i have to use a whole lot of mental energy to talk myself into staying out in the open water for long enough to enjoy it. i lived on the california coast when i was in elementary school. one of my friends was bit by a nurse shark at a beach i went to all the time. since then, i really have to try hard to not imagine all the horribly awful things that might be swimming below me, or even hunting me! i guess all that was to say that i'm glad she wasn't really clearing the water for a shark.
Crazy! I'm glad you really were okay, and how happy that you could re-experience the ocean the way you wanted!
And congratulations again on sweet baby Jack's blessing! What an amazing family you guys are part of!!
Dang it, we totally would have come to Jack's blessing to support you guys! That lifeguard story is hilarious. I love it---so Angie!
So congrats on little Todd's blessing...I mean Jack's.:)
That is funny lifeguard story, however, I bet that the lifeguards have miscommunications all the time over the noisy waves. I'm glad the sharks NOR the riptides got you.
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