Monday, September 21, 2009

Kirk Creek

We decided to take a little two day camping trip up the coast. It was amazing! We stayed at Kirk Creek campground, on a bluff overlooking the ocean.
Matt and Weston on the way down the trail that lead to the creek and eventually the rocky beach below the campsite.
You can see our tent in the right hand corner in the pic above. We were laughing at it because it looked like a big circus tent compared to all the other little single hiker tents that were around.
Caleb on the rocky beach, he was the most excited about the trip and the most upset about having to come home.
Well this one speaks for itself.
Weston had a blast, he was so dirty all the time. I had to keep reminding myself that it was A. impossible to keep him clean and B. that it was ok for him to be dirty because he was having fun and we were camping. Funny how I had to keep reminding myself of that. I would start to say out loud "How did he get dirty again...oh, wait its ok".
Sea cucumber! We found a couple of these, there were tons of starfish and anenomies (sp?).
Jack making the anenomies squirt.
Smoralicious!
Ok so things I loved about this trip:
1. Not knowing what time it was.
2. Sitting around the campfire.
3. Looking up at all the thousands of stars and talking about life with Matt.
4. Falling asleep to the sound of the waves and waking up snuggled in my sleeping bag.
5. Making meals on a tiny camp stove.
6. Hiking and exploring with my kids...they're so inquisitive and interested in things that I take for granted.
7. Watching my husband set up camp and build fires, and showing his boys how to do it.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I spy someone who's 5!

So my pictures aren't in order...but oh well. On Monday, Caleb turned 5! We decided to have a secret agent birthday party. Everyone got their own secret agent id card.

Amazing 5 y r old!
Weston in a duck disguise, looking at himself in the mirror.
Everyone also got their own spy folder with a map and their mission instructions. We also practiced taking our fingerprints.

After we had our Art of Disguise race, where everyone had to race to get on their disguise, we took everyone's picture. Doesn't he have a great spy face?

Then we had some target practice. I found water balloons at Wal Mart that looked like hand grenades.
And finally our secret agent training ended with an obstacle course. Everyone took turns running it to the tune of "eye of the tiger"! It was hilarious and fun. Thanks Delmores for coming and making it a great party!