Sunday Walks

We took a little Sunday walk down to the waterfront in Dupont. The walk was fun and the kids did a great job answering all of Phil's botany questions about plant classification like they always do on our hikes. They loved getting down to the water and finding crab and throwing rocks. I love the long summer days here in the PNW. The sun comes up before 5:00 and sets close to 10:00. It is only November and I am already missing all that light. I will enjoy it in pictures as I get caught-up on this blog.

Summer 2013

 Cannon thought it was easier to paddle standing up.

 I had a great view of the action as I relaxed in the sun.

 Tenli came to swim a few times and the girls loved finding things at the bottom of the lake.

 Jumping!

These pictures pretty much sum up our summer. The sun was hot and out most days so we were out in the water. The kids learned to dive this summer, they learned to take the canoe out and paddle around, they jumped off the pole, swam with friends and I swam or watched them from the lounge chair.

Pre-summer BBQ

We were super excited to get this summer started and went out on the lake with the Lay's before it was warm. The kids were brave enough to get in the water and swim and Cannon tried wakeboarding. The adult enjoyed a ride in the boat and all the yummy food after. This summer was fantastic and the sun was out at the first of May and we had beautiful weather until late in September.

Olympia Children's Museum

One rainy Friday night in the spring we noticed they have a free night at the museum so we headed down there to check it out. Apparently it is super popular so we had to wait out in the rain to get in and they ask you to only stay for 30 minutes so everyone can get it, but the kids had a great time. We made parachutes and they had a water feature that Cannon loved. It was pretty crazy inside and I was happy to leave when our 30 minutes were up and head to get something to eat.

California

 Phil with Elsie and Arleigh on the ferry.

 Phil and I on the ferry.

Phil and I took a couple trips down to California last year for his work. Nicki is now in San Diego so we spent a few days with her and they we were up in Santa Monica with Ash and Michael. We went down to the boardwalk and played some games and rode on the roller coaster. We thought we were super funny! I love getting to go down with Phil when he has to work and see all my family. Mom and Dad were there too with mom on her last traveling nurse gig. We did the Mormon Battalion Visitor center with Nicki and it was fun to see where she spent part of her mission. We also did a crossfit workout with her friends one morning which was fun.