Beach Combers

We headed home from our vacation today. It is never fun leaving such a beautiful place. I love going to the condos for vacation, although some I like more than others. The resort we were at this past week is definitely one of my favorites. It is so beautiful and spacious. Matt enjoys it as well.

Since we were on a late ferry we decided to explore a bit. We don't make it to this part of our area very often. I don't think any of us were ready to declare our vacation over!! :-) We took the kids to Ft. Warden to enjoy the beach and scenery.
















We walked all over the place!! The kids were great troopers as we hiked all over the place. Chloe was generally leading the way. Aidan, bless his heart, was generally bringing up the rear. His short legs just couldn't keep up. Eventually he just started slowing down and enjoying the scenery. All the kids had fun throwing rocks in the water, checking out the lighthouse and playing in the sand. Except for Brenna--she slept through it all.

Once the kids were completely exhausted, we headed back to the cars for a picnic lunch by the beach. Brenna finally woke up and joined us for lunch and some fun. We walked out onto the pier and got to see a family of four otters lounging in the sun on the dock. The kids got the biggest kick out of that and watched the sunbathers for quite a while.








After spending the morning exploring we headed to town and stopped for some yummy treats. The kids had a great time and were not very excited about coming home-even though they were exhausted. It was a great break from the "humdrum" routine we were stuck in. We not only got to spend time with Nana and Poppa but we also got to visit with Matt's family-his cousin Debbie and her husband George and family.

All three kids are out cold-including a very fussy, cranky, teething 5.5 month old. Mom will be joining them here in a while. Tomorrow I will unpack, tonight I am just to tired!! :-)