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I never know what I'm going to find on my camera when I go to download photos. The kids frequently use my camera so it's always a surprise to me the things I find on it. I downloaded a bunch of photos today and these ones made me laugh out loud. Just had to share. Phoebe is not what cracked me up in this photo...

it's Toby in the background chewing on his leg!

The Great Northwest - Part 2

I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long! Well, anyway...when I left off with our Great Northwest visit, we had left my brother's home and headed to Dad's. One thing my dad loves to do is feed the seagulls on the ferry. They take things right from your fingers.

The kids thought this was great fun!

We spent of our days with Dad and Karen at the beach. We tried to miss the rain coming in, but didn't plan it too well. It was COLD! No one minded but me.

One thing led to another and Dad and the kids wound up digging for clams. They hit a gold-mine! Within about half an hour they had several hundred dollars worth of clams in their bucket. Karen helped cook them up the next night to go with dinner. The kids were each very brave and tried one, but I can't blame them for not enjoying them like Jon did.

One of the kids found a sand dollar and I told all of them that sand dollars are a rare find and they should pick them up if they find any. Well...look at what they had to choose from! We came home with MANY sand dollars, but not all of them made the trip safely even though we wrapped them in bubble wrap.
Karen kept the kids busy with all kinds of things including making origami cranes. Jon and Dad joined in the fun, too.

And here is the finished product! This branch hangs in Dad and Karen's living room. Now the lovely cranes add to the room. What a fun reminder they'll have of our visit!

Dad, Jon and the kids enjoyed many games of Bocce ball.




We happened to be in town the day the fair started, so off we went! Here are the twins doing the rock climb.
The above is a shot of the kids on that ride that goes straight up...and then straight back down. Karen and I were laughing because we could hear the kids giggling all the way down.
We had such a great time on the farm!