Every year we SO look forward to a week at the beach. A friend my Mom works for, so graciously allows us to take over her beach house in Olympia each Summer. The house is huge with a hot tub, pool and slide none the less. But best of all the house is perch right on Puget Sound. It is so, so beautiful out there. You will see all sorts of wildlife daily. We saw several bald eagles while soaking up the sunshine, a doe and her fawn, little white rabbits and the seals in the evening popping there heads out of the Sound here and there. It's a lovely place to get away for a week and when it's over, home is only about an hour away. You can't beat it, and we look forward to returning each year.
This year we decided to really utilize the backyard (beach) and go clamming. It was REALLY fun and in less than an hour we (us girls, the guys were still working) had accumulated 3/4 of a 12 quart bucket. The clams were awesome and my back is
still talking to me 3 days later! :)
This is my blackmail shot of Carlee...just reminising on all the good times...her peeing in my jelly shoe, or her dirty undies she slipped into my lunch box in 1st grade or my broken tea set, hidden under her bed...love ya Sis! :)
At one point while digging away, I looked up and saw Levi sitting on the stairs just soaking up the rays, taking it all in...
The boys LOVED swimming. Levi went from being petrified, fully geared up in water wings & a life ring or life jacket, all the while clutching onto me for dear life, to chilled out having the time of his life on his own. All the while still fully geared up no less. Greyson, on the other hand my fearless child, couldn't get enough! Life couldn't be better for him laid back in his baby floaty.
