Bandon

First day at the beach was beautiful

Pete turned 5 months

Yes, LuLu and Bob got to come too

Mel and Gary's cabin over the edge at the far left

Cousins showed up to help make a castle

Snail seed sacks

Brooke and family walking toward seal rock

Seal Rock

Walking back from a visit to Aunt Marci's cabin

Pete's rolling over now

one direction

but not back

so he just finds something to do on his tummy

Ellie liked the cold water

Pete liked the ride

Our cabin is the one on the right above my head

Into town to the candy store

Not just candy anymore

And a visit to the creamery

Went to Mel and Gary's one night for social hour

Marci and Mel

Rachel and Helen

Took Ellie to the park for a preview 

Played 'Go Fish' in the cabin

View from the cabin

Low Tide...Ellie got to see sea life up close

Charlie has a new stick thrower

Group Picnic at the park

Elise

Anthony, Araya, Triniti, Finn, Amare

Helen, Araya, Kaylee, Finn, Amare, then in the back that you can't see very well is

Triniti, Sam, Giuliana, Lex, and Anthony

Taylor

Brooke and Lindsay

Randy and Marci

Jake

Ethan

Ellie and Elise

Araya

Set up for the group picture

Light blue jacket in the middle is Sam, Giuliana to the right, 

Lex on Vince's lap, above him is Anthony and Jake

Taylor is to the left of Sam, Ethan is on Rachel's lap, Kaylee above 

Rachel and Araya to the left of her.

Triniti next to Randy

Group Picture 2015

                                      

The sunset the last night

Amy, Andrew, Cade, and Claire missed Bandon this year

Cade was selected to play on the Little League All Star Team

and of course that all took place while we were in Bandon.

We Missed You All!!

Ellie & Pete

We went over to see the kids, yes, on a Tuesday

They have a path thru the wilderness past the new grass

A very pretty path 

They also have a trail up the street the goes about 

4 block to the elementary school.  I took Ellie and Pete on that trail too

Ellie walked and Pete was in this carrier.  When we got home

Ellie wanted to try the carrier out.  

Pete's 5 months old

Ellie and my Kindle

Smiler

Ellie and Pete visit Gram & Pa

Brooke brought the kids over the first Friday 

in June to give Chris some time to work on

his pictures for his upcoming art show

Pete's looking like he's ready to roll over

Didn't get many pics.  It was such a nice day

we were outside having too much fun to think about

taking a picture.  I do need to think of the camera a little sooner

Pete's Baptism

Our newest Catholic

Helen and Vince are Pete's Godparents along with Amy

Amy could come up for the special day tho.

Pete got to keep the shell Father is using and a cloth they

used to dry his head.  Helen might even have made it 

for the church to give.

And there he is all baptized

Cute romper

Cute siblings

Cutie Pie

And Cute Family with the new grass in the back ground

His romper

I bought Ellie a cross for her wall like this at

Saint Francis of Assisi Basilica in New Mexico

Do you think I could find another one anywhere?

No,  so I bought some blocks and made Pete one

Of course most of the blocks I needed were red so I

even had to paint some of them.

Another Weekend at Ellie & Pete's

First the kiddos

Not much change

Still cute smiles for the camera

Pete is now 4 months old

and Ellie is one month shy of 3 years old

It was a nice weekend to play in the water

but not to get in the water

This is Charlies pool, a little dirty on the bottom

but the waters clean

Ellie has a small sand tub we brought back

from the sand dunes in Oregon

She likes the sand wet I guess

Hard to get a serious picture of Pete

As soon as the camera comes out  he's all smiles

But I persevered, he's a cutie either way

Ellie found a huge maple leaf outside 

So we brought it in and put it under the paper

and colored over it

Cutie Pies

Pete's watching Ellie

Still looks like his Daddy

Ellie helping Mommy make biscuits for dinner

And she likes to smile for the camera too

Then the Yard

so you can see what we are over there for on the weekends

Before

This is April 2014 

After

June 2015

This was in March when they were putting the 

top soil on

and getting it all level

This is in May when the seed is planted

It's going to be beautiful

And it is!!