Josh having a Zen moment

 


Don't ask me how he knew how to do this.

Well, maybe I do know. The Avatar -- a cartoon on Nickalodian. But we haven't watched it in a long time.

The real tide pools

 
 
 


The boys loved touching sea stars and seeing sea urchins and little crabs and sea anemonies and what ever else they saw. We did see some harbor seals this week too. They were remarkably nimble on the slippery rocks. I was trying to keep them safe, and they were wanting to leap and skip and run and jump. But the ocean was very big and the waves were impressive, so they listened and stayed close.

One of our "best days ever."

Boaz and his hero

 


There is no competition between Craig and I. When Craig is around, it's all about Dad for Boaz.

Sometimes Boaz will come in for a quick cuddle, but he loves being around his Dad.

Playing on the cold beach

 
 
 


We saw all sorts of critters at the beach. Boaz dug right in. I was thinking that they would need their hoodies, but then I saw them play and hurried to get them off before the hoodies became soaked through. Duh!!

Josh loved looking at the animals and Boaz dug and dug and dug. Josh stayed out of the cold waves as much as possible and Boaz danced in the water until he shivered.

We were planning on visiting the rock tide pool beneath the lighthouse, but we don't understand the tides. We got there at high tide, so we played until the tide went out. We felt lucky to find this beach. It was sheltered from the wind and still had some tide pools.

Back to the lighthouse with the boys in tow

 
 
 


I was impressed with the boys. They climbed the 104 steps to the work room and then the final 7 steps to peak out the glass. There were more people this time. We waited and waited, but the boys had fun. I was a bit concerned about Boaz. But he didn't worry about the see through stairs at all.

Quilting with Deb

 


I love it when Deb comes to visit. We spend whole days quilting and talking about fabric and sewing stuff. This is a picture of her quilt. We didn't get it completed, obviously. That means that she'll have to come back and we can do it again. Yea!

The border will be more elaborate -- black framing the running jaguars. And then we were talking about blue and white stripes bordered in black for the sides. She has a really cool medallion for the corners. This is a happy graduation quilt for her oldest. It's hard to believe that he is old enough to be graduated. I remember the first time I saw him. He was born while I was on my mission. When I first saw him, he was already walking.

Now he's all grown up and graduated and going to college already.

The Oregon Coast

 
 
 


The wildly rugged Oregon coast. I love the waves on the rocks. I love the swirling white water. I love the cool ocean green exposed by the waves. We learned the lava came from an ancient source in Eastern Oregon, almost to the Idaho border. I am totally facinated by the concentric circles of lava rock and the other rocks jutting out into the ocean. Since we were on the bike, I didn't want to get my feet wet. Limited resources to clean up. But with the car and towels and water and being able to keep my feet out of shoes and let them air out, I'm excited by the thought of wading in letting the salty sea swirl around my toesies. :) Who can take boys to the ocean and not let them get a little wet? ;)

Of course I'm talking about finding a nice sandy beach to walk barefoot on. I'm not into cutting my feet on the sharp rocks. Just admiring them from a distance or wearing sencible shoes to protect my tootsies.