Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend was also 

Brooke and Chris'  11th Anniversary

They wanted to go backpacking without kids

so we took them for the two days Brooke &

Chris could get away.  I didn't get a lot of pics

but I'll share what I did get.  

It was a beautiful weekend, the first 80 degree Memorial Day 

Weekend since 1995 in the Pacific Northwest,

so we were outside a lot.

 No helmet no ride

 He can be stuborn

 but he still had fun

 Ellie knows the rules

 Some evening inside stuff you just have to 

play with at Gram's

 He'll wear a helmet for this one

 Off to the beach

 Yes, it was 80 degrees

 Walt helped a first time boat launcher get his boat 

into the water.  It actually took three guys to do it.

There was a brand new truck on the other side of the 

dock that was stuck in the mud after driving back

to far into the water to launch his boat.  A tow truck

came and pulled him out.  No picture, couldn't 

bring myself to take one with him standing there.

 Turning rocks over with her foot to see the little crabs scramble
The coat finally came off

 Pete was getting brave

 Ellie liked the shells

 She even got brave enough to try for a crab

 They scooped them up in shells
 Pete did pick some up with his fingers

but then dropped them so fast I couldn't get a picture

 Ellie got a couple in her shells.  She was pretty pround

 And the dolls had to come out finally

 Pete trying on Gram's flip flops

 Pete took a picture of Ellie balancing on one foot

Great Gramma's doll buggy getting some use again

The kids did a great job with us alone for the first time. 

They kept us moving, hence the lack of pictures, but you 

get the idea!!  

Happy Memorial Day