Combining his Skills....Counting & Drumming

Dancing with Myself

Ocean Shores, Wa - July 2009

We ventured to Ocean Shores, Wa this last weekend. When we left Seattle on Saturday morning it was heading towards a 80 degrees day. When we got to Ocean Shores is was overcast and not much above 60 degrees - a real bummer. We thought it was going to be nice weather. Oh well....its one of our favorite places to go to - as some might remember this is where we got engaged.

Anyway, we got there about 2pm and went to a bunch of hotels and got the best rate at the Quality Inn. This turned out to be great because they had an indoor pool and we had an ocean view room. We enjoyed some time on the beach before heading back to our room to clean up and then we went to dinner at our old "stand by" Alec's By the Sea for dinner. Brennan did not have a nap, so he was a bit of a handfull at dinner, but he really enjoyed swimming after dinner. He would grab our two thumbs and then just jump in the water. He would also sit on the side of the pool and slip in to grab Sean's outstretched arm. Very brave little man....I love that he is not afraid of the water.

Here are some pictures....

Digging in the sand....having fun....



Not having fun anymore....



Happier now that we're farther away from the actual ocean....



Burying papa's legs in the sand....


Now its my turn...



B let go of the kite string....Sean was on the run to retrieve it....


Mid-Air....one of the favorite pictures I've ever taken....


Walking the beach....

Counting

Brennan "whipped" this out last week.....

Happy 4th of July!

We started the day by going to Issaquah's Down Home family 4th parade. We met Brennan's best friend Cassidy and her parents there. It was fun to watch the kiddos scramble to get candy - unfortunately it was all candy that they can't eat.





We went to Renton to watch the fireworks display at the south end of Lake Washington. It was a beautiful night, and we were treated with a gorgeous sunset!




Brennan and I met Sara and Jenny Pastore for Brunch on Sunday and ended up at a park that had a zip line. Brennan LOVED it!

Hiking up Denny Creek

On Friday July 3rd we set out to hike up to Denny Creek. Its a very short hike, and very popular. the water has carved smooth water "slides" and is was very popular given our super hot weather. Brennan had a great time but the water was pretty cold. We also hiked an extra mile to check out another falls. He rode in the backpack for most of our hike, but did walk about a 1/2 mile. It was a great day!

This is looking down at Denny Creek when we left....it had really gotten crowded:


Eating our lunch on Denny Creek:


Getting his feet wet:


Signing "COLD"


This water is pretty cold!


Hiking to the other falls:

The 4 Grandkids

This was the only "keeper" from this session with the mall photographer. These are my neices and nephew from Australia. They were in Billings in between Australia and their move to Switzerland. Brennan wanted nothing to do with taking a picture. He justed wanted to play.