Clamming

We had quite a crowd for Razor clamming. Charlene and Dan came up from Gold Beach, Char and Jeff came from Port Angeles, Jim and Rene came over from Ridgefield, Dad came over from Spokane, and Jason and Bailey tried their luck as first time clammers. For those of you who have never been razor clamming you look for small donut shaped holes thta the clams leave when they dig into the sand. When you find on you either use a shovel to dig them up or use a "gun", which is just a metal tube which digs down and pulls up all the sand and the clam. The thing about razor clams is that they can dig themselves down into the sand quickly so you are sticking your hand in a sandy pit to attempt to grab them. The best clams are always showing in the surf and I always end up drenched. Luckily we all got our limits even with the rain and wind.

Kaiya and Bailey

Kaiya, who doesn't like anyone other than Mom or Dad to hold her, found a new friend. She fell for Bailey on the very first day. He could hold her, carry her around, and push her in the stroller. They made quite the cute pair.

Spring break at the beach

We had a fabulous time at the beach. It was quite a crew with 4 adults, 7 kids, and 3 dogs. The cousins played non-stop for 4 days. We even got to celebrate Cooper's 12th birthday.

Cold day at the zoo

We spent the first day of Spring Break at the zoo. It was freezing but the kids were troopers. It was the first time Kaiya really noticed the animals, she spent the day pointing and laughing. The highlight was the giraffe who came up to the window, right next to John and Chloe, and started licking it with his giant tongue. He then decided to give Kaiya some "kisses" which she loved. She kept trying to pet him through the glass. We left before it really started to rain, thank goodness. Now we are doing laundry and packing for the beach!

Bowling

Here's a few pictures from a birthday party that Chloe went to. I think it took the ball about 2 minutes to make it down the lane, we only had the bowling ball come back towards us once.

Rough nap!

Kaiya's hair is at that perfect length that it will stick up at all angles depending on how restless her nap was. I'm sure she'll love these photos when she gets older.

Pics from the Smith visit

I didn't take many pictures when Krista and the kids came to visit but I got a few of Hayden and her backup dancer Chloe!

I'm so horrible...

I can't believe it has almost been two months since I posted anything. I promise to get more pictures up soon. We will be heading to the coast to meet up with Jason, Jen and the killer B's for Spring Break and I'm sure we will get some great pictures. I need to get some pictures of the kiddos and the pets. We learned that Joey LOVES to jump on the trampoline with the kids, we learned that Kaiya loves to boss Joey around and follows him around outside, we are seeing signs of spring in the trees and the flowers (YEAH). I hope everyone is doing well in their neck of the woods and keep checking the blog I will update it!