Father's Day at the Beach!!

Since being married, Ian and I have learned to split the holidays and events and this year, my dad got a Saturday Father's Day and the only thing he wanted was to go to the beach! Even though its technically summer, we still live in Canada and the lake we went to had ice only a few weeks before we were there to swim in it so even though the weather was great when we were there, as soon as we got into the water to swim, we remembered that we live in Canada and contemplated a vacation in Florida.

Packing for the beach is a big deal for us because we can't just go to the store to buy what we forgot because there is no store around. Dolly likes to help sometimes too:

 So here are my absolute must haves for a day at the beach:

 I absolutely have to have: Roots bathing suit, American Eagle flip flops, SPF60 sunscreen, prescription Ray Bans, and my floppy sun hat 

I was most excited to see Dolly in her new ruffle bathing suit that we got from the baby section at Joe Fresh (we just cut a hole for her tail):

We had a great day at and even got Dolly to swim in the lake which was a big deal because it was so cold! Here's a few more from our day at the beach: