My sister's family met us at my mom's house and we loaded ourselves into our cars for the trip. It's a pretty nice drive, especially the road from Olympia to Aberdeen. We stopped at McDonald's for lunch, grabbed our Aberdeen groceries, and drove on out to the coast.
It was raining when we got there, so we worked quickly to unload the cars. After unpacking our clothes, books, towels, and beach stuff, I went into the kitchen to put away all the food. Then I headed down to the beach - we all did. My niece was happily playing in the sand (her favorite part of the beach). I had to walk down far enough to go wading. Brrrr! It was so much colder than Hawaii. :)
Back up in our unit, I put the lasagne in the oven and watched as my sister put together a fantastic salad. Then I heard Dan's voice from the other room, followed by my niece's voice. When I peeked around the corner, this is what I saw.
In fact, I think the kid really decided she liked Dan this week. Possibly the cutest thing I saw was when Dan was shoveling up sand to build the big sand castle and my niece shoveled right along with him. When he moved to the other side of the pile of sand she called out "Uncle Dan? Where are you?" and then walked around the pile and found him. She promptly started shoveling with him again. So here's some pictures of all of us at the beach.
Aren't the beach hats adorable? I can't believe my sister made hers - it turned out so cute!
Here are some of the fun things we saw this year: the bug in the sand, the birds running away from a dog, the hummingbird trapped in the gift shop (possibly the same one that flew into Jenny & Nick's room), and the spot where we sank deep into the sand with every step.
We had a birthday party, a beach bonfire, and a lot of time with the beautiful sunny beach.
1 comment:
love the photos! we would love to head there for a family vaca someday.
p.s. did you mom like that book?? i read it as well and thought it was pretty good.
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