Tuesday, August 19, 2008

To the Beach

We're setting a record this year for beach trips this being number two and there's the meeting one planned for Sept 6th. This day was not so bright and sunny and there was wind since we went to Canon Beach which lacks the handy rock wind barrier, but it was still the beach with sand and scenery. I recently upgraded my broken Canon Powershot for a new one and this was a great place to try out it's pros and cons.

A bird rock and lighthouse I found with the zoom some where far out in the waves.

Kate and Phi were delighted to see each other with so much sand around.

P: "Kate, your pants look sooo clean!"

K: "Yes, don't touch them I'm trying to keep them that way."

"Just a little scoop here, she'll never suspect"

"HeeHeee! fixed that problem"
"Grandpa told me to Mom"
Sandcastle fun!
So Kate's Mommy and I decided to make a sadcastle.. oops, typo there, but I guess that is what it looks like...
hey we were just getting started!
The progress continued...

"Woohoo! now we're talkin' sand pile."
A bit of this and...


a bit of that...

it's Haystack Rock !

A few drip castles...

Tunnels...

A pat here and there...
And a golf ball??
Yes indeed this is golf ball run castle. You make smooth little golf ball size tracks all over the castle starting high up of course and then run golf balls down them and see were they go.


Meanwhile our husbands sat up in they're chairs contemplating what may have come over their wives?!!?
See a certain Granpa Allen and Gramma Dee taught their son and his 7 siblings how to have fun at the beach. He then taught his 5 munchkins who have a hard time convincing any one else that a bit of work and creativity equal alot of fun and satifaction.

We ended the day with dinner at Mo's chowder house which was very busy (long waits) but also delicious.

5 comments:

Anna-b-bonkers said...

Oh my goodness that sand sculpture is massive, and awesome!
What a lot of fun!

The Chatty Housewife said...

That looks like so much fun! Can I come help you build a massive sand castle one day?

Susan said...

Wow, that's quite impressive Sarah! Looks like a lot of fun! Makes for good memories too.

Glenda Conner said...

Hi Sarah, I just had to stop by and say hi and tell you what a wonderful surprise and how nice it was to meet you (in real life) in Shadow Hills! You have such adorable and well behaved little boys, my kids fell in love with them! ((Hugs)) until we meet again Ü

Erlandson Family said...

where did the little girl baby get the cutest nuk ever??? i'm always looking for cute nuks for hope but they're all boring up here in this frozen tundra... let me know, if you have the time, (ha- time- that's funny, eh?? :))... talk to you later,
katie