Hug Point

It's the name of a beach about an hour and a half from our house. Last Monday in honor of A.Deb's 24th birthday and also because we hadn't been to the beach in a long time we ( three sisters, kids and Grandma Jo) piled into the van and went there.

The drive went well, as you can see the kids arm wrestled to pass the time.

We had just pulled up and were getting every one out of the van when there was a roar and we looked up in time to see the Blue Angels fly by in their Delta triangle formation. It was quite a welcome! They are getting ready for the air show the weekend of Aug.9 th at the Hillsboro airport.

It was a bit chilly at first but once we got down on the beach in the sun it felt great!

Phi was not sure about the sand and had to get used to it, probably didn't help that he got woke up from his very short nap as we got there.

Miss Kate didn't mind it at all.. well may be!

We dug Leroy a little hole in the sand and he was happy!

So was Miss Kate to have him down were she could reach him.

" Let me help you with your jacket Leroy!"

The kids played in the sand...

until Miss Kate decided it was lunch time...

"Yumm! just what I was looking for"

"It would sure taste better with out the plastic!"

"Umm! " Enjoying the yummy sandwiches Gramma Jo brought.

Leroy enjoying his sippy.

After lunch Miss Kate and Leroy took naps in the double stroller while Phi and A. Deb made sand castle volcanoes.

Then we decided to stroll down and check out the ocean.

Rocks! well, pebbles, they taste almost as good!

There were some cool scum bubbles after the waves came that were great fun to pop!

Also the Tonka dump truck was great on the wet packed sand for cruising.

We headed down to this very cool, fresh water fall at the edge of the beach.

Going to check it out.

Phi was entertained by it for sometime.

Until Miss Kate and Leroy woke up.

"Hmm it might be more fun if this moved."

"Or NOT!!"

Leroy enjoying the sand on his toes.

"This is fun guys!"

Our little beach bum.

Phi started off the day unsure of this stuff and ended the day rolling in it.

...And dumping buckets of it over his head. It was a great day with beautiful weather enticing us to go back again soon.

Kate's mommy contributed some of these photos of the day.

Verse for the day:
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Psalm 93:4

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ONE LARGE RACCOON!
(Just let me know when you want him)

I'm just joking, sorry...he is kinda cute. See after I posted that last post the other night saying we hadn't seen him in a while maybe he was gone....while we're just about ready to go to bed when My Luv says, " I hear something in the pool I think HE's out there!" We run for the big spot light, quietly slide the back door open and sure enough,

"HE"
is standing at the edge of the pool having just completed his 10th lap. He quickly ran up the nearest tree all disgusted with us for interrupting his exercise program. This morning he was at it again only I woke up at five (since we sleep with our window open) to him playing with something right there on the ground, I peered out to see what he was doing and he promptly stood on his hind legs and peered back to see what I was doing. He then ran to the pool and proceeded to wash something and by the time I got the camera had scampered back across the yard and disappeared. HE is sort of funny to watch, maybe I should just name him and pretend he's the pet dog I 'd like to have but My Luv doesn't.

Swimming Pool Days

Kate and her Mommy joined us for a day in the pool last week since we've been having such great weather! The pool is only half full currently and that makes it the perfect depth for the kiddos when they're floating in the lady bug. Phi thinks it's so cool that his feet touch bottom and he can walk around, Kate just enjoyed floating . We had it filled to the top but we're pretty sure a crazy raccoon we have pulled on the side and dumped part of it out. That sounds off the wall but he's been coming in our yard at night and playing with Phi's toys if we leave them out. He chews millions of little teeth holes in every thing like he's teething or something. When we shined a flash light on him the other night he looked full grown and was having a blast tossing a foam sandal of Phi's in the air and they chewing on it.. like a cat would play with a mouse. So strange! We haven't seen him much since then.. maybe he was embarrassed at having been caught. Anyway afew pic.s of the day.

"Huh! I don't know about this stuff mom."

Hee! check this out, more water!

"Each unto their own."

"Hey Grandma look what I can do!"

"Peekaboo!"

"Ha! they say these are unbreakable!"

Stylin'

Sharing a cheerio snack, they were feeding each other cheerios too, but of course I didn't catch that .

"Come back again soon!"