My Barefoot Boys at Gilson Beach - Wilmette, IL

OK, we've got the cheesy and predictable Boys of Summer look going, but I hope you will agree that it is a nice sequence of semi-candids.

It was a perfect sunny 80 degree day so I decided to take the boys down to Gilson Park. We avoided the big crowds at the swimming beach and hit the area to the South where they could run through the tall grasses and play that they were "On Safari", with Maxwell as their guide.

After escaping the "lions" of the "savannah", they discovered the "ocean" and took off for the waters edge to "go surfing". Maxwell is bold and so grown up now, he could splash forever in the waves. Beckham's confidence was boosted by watching his big brother and Ryker is fearlessly game for anything that his brothers are doing.

45 minutes later, they were soaked, covered in sand, and happy as can be. We dried and brushed off the sand by the car and went home naked (except for me).