Picture Catch-Up

We had a fun weekend a while back with Tom and Christine when they drove into town.  Shari and the other kids were in AZ.

We had a really great beach day--great weather, lots of animal sightings (a whale!), and fun on the boogie boards.

Here they are:

 Tom was a boogie boarding fool and stayed out for forever.

I got to try it out, too.  I don't think I'd done it since I was a kid and I'd forgotten how fun it is.

Natalie the mermaid:

 Nate loves getting buried:

Christine started digging a hole and we all pitched in to help.  

It ended up being about 6 ft deep!

 

 Here's a few more pictures from our weekend in Idaho for the funeral:

They had some awesome weather, including a crazy hail storm that the kids all loved and a double rainbow:

 

 The kids also loved Tom and Shari's pets--Lucky the dog and Fiona the cat.

Eli was terrified of Lucky most of the time but loved Fiona.

She was very patient with him, luckily:

 

 Cute cousins:

 

 We had a fun Saturday at Grandma and Grandpa's house for Grandpa's birthday.

These boys love the putting green:

 

 

 Happy Birthday to Grandpa!

I love that one--I think Grandpa was singing "Happy Birthday to me!"

 

 A quick picture I got of Elizabeth reading Anne of the Island:

I finally convinced her to read them and she loves them!  It makes my heart happy.

She was excited to find the book we were missing at Grandma's.

The boys and I had a fun day at the Children's Discovery Museum with friends:

 

 

 

 

Riding the train with preschool friends:

 

I need to take them to more places like that while they girls are in school.  I haven't done it much, and the girls complain about missing it, but they got those opportunities when they were little.

Next up: Nate's 5th birthday and some big news!