April Showers

The weather is not so sunny anymore...it isn't really raining, but it's pretty cold...we ventured to the beach again for some photos.  Sophie and Emma smiled for me.

Olivia and Ceci did too.

The kids played around the beach...Olivia and Ceci were moving some wood.

I played in the sand a little :-)

Setting up the group shot...the kids posed with Grami.  The group photo is on Tracy's camera so I'll have to steal it later.

We did get a family shot of us though.

And one of Tracy, Wes and family.

Kimmie, Colby and kids too.

Emma took a picture of Marc and me...cute.

Then Emma and I flew a kite...it was cold but fun!

Poppi drove us by the tallest lighthouse in Washington (according to the sign).

Kimmie and Colby had to go home today.  We took the rest of the kids to the Maritime Museum.  It was closed so we just looked around at the whale skeletons outside.

Group kid photo in the gazebo.

Isn't this place cool!

The coast guard boat made a cool picture too.

Then we went to the observatory deck and looked at the ocean.  Lots of fun things to see and do!

Hi kids!!!

Here is the family photo from Tracy's camera...Nice One!

More Cousins

Sophie, Ceci and Gia surprised us around lunch time...we went to check the crab pots again after lunch.  This time the boys had a keeper! 

We showed Sophie, Ceci and Gia around the docks and saw more sea lions!  Here's a quick picture of all the cousins!

Poppi showed us another beach, it was too foggy to see anything though, but there were some seagulls there.

Baylor and Elle were napping in the car for this picture.

Last Clam Dig

Yesterday was the last day for clam digging for us.  Emma started off trying to dig on her own.

Good work Emma!

Olivia was just happy to see the sun again!

Even though he had orders to stay dry...Marcus managed to find a large pool of water.

He already has a clam!

Olivia gave the digging a try too.  Marcus and Emma are encouraging her.

Daddy's hard at work.  Nice job Daddy!

Before we left, Marc made each kid dig up their own clam.  Marcus went first but I missed him so no pictures of that...Emma gave it a try next.

Pull Emma pull!  It really is hard work.

You have to try several times to get them sometimes.

Olivia tried next.

Pull Olivia pull!

Each of them did dig their own.  We all got our limits again...that's 15 each.  We are bringing home a lot of clams!  YUM!

Happy Easter

Sunday morning the kids woke up to find the Easter Bunny had visited the camper...it started out with an egg hunt.

Easter baskets contained books and toys.

Emma had written the Easter Bunny and specifically requested "The Run Away Bunny"...the Easter Bunny must have received the letter.

Auntie Kimmie made the cool baskets/buckets...just right for Easter at the beach.

Marcus loved his bucket.  It had all the cool stuff on it :-)  Happy Easter!

Crab Hunt

We headed for the docks on Saturday afternoon.

The kids and I walked around with Grami.

While Daddy and Poppi dropped the crab pots.

Grami showed us all around; we even saw a sea lion in the water!

Marcus wanted to show off his photography skills.

Olivia wrote in her school journal that she was going to the beach and getting ice cream for spring break...we made sure that came true.

Time to check the pots...Marcus got to assist.

No luck this time...we'll keep trying.