A Question from Chelsea?

A funny comment from Chelsea the other day to her daddy was, "Daddy, how come when guys ride on their skateboards their pants come down? What makes their pants come down?

More of the Beach

Beachcombing @ Edmonds Olympic Beach

I have been waiting and waiting for a good opportunity to go check out the beach at low tide. There were some great low tides right when we moved here but I was too busy with unpacking so we just now made it at low tide @11:15 am (totally doable for me instead of 5:30-6) We had a great time except that Davis was cranky and scared of all the moss. We found some amazing shells, one of them being a shell of a sea snail. Another was a razor clam shell. We even found a sea sponge! Cool! As we walked under the ferry bridge we found what we have been waiting for. There were 3 sea stars stuck to a big rock. Carson was thrilled and then found one on the sand so he could pick that one up.

Everything was great until we got stopped by a beach cop...is that what you call them? Anyway, she was super nice but was letting us know that whatever we found had to be left at the beach because it was a marine sanctuary. Carson was pretty bummed about that :( She did say that we could hide all of our shells so when we come back maybe we could find them again.

It has been so fun to live by the beach! I only fear that we are going to become accustomed to it and it won't be as special later on.

Early August

This picture shows one of Davis's many funny expressions! Gotta love that kid!

Husking corn together, We got it FREE from Darins Dad. We did 100 ears and froze it for the months to come. Davis had a blast and did 8 ears himself!! He was laughing and ecstatic that he could finally do it.

This is my new patio furniture that I got a good deal at clearance price. Its always shaded by lunch time and makes the deck look gorgeous. Now If I can get our landlord to just paint it. We have been loving it by eating outside!

This is during FHE while playing "The Tower and the Dime" I just made up that name :) Carson actually like to lose so he can feel special and get his face all mucky!

This is my glorious texturing mud! I decided to rip off the UGLy wallpaper that day that we moved in. I didn't care if we were renting or not. I would pay for it myself. This house has flat walls so while ripping off the wallpaper Carson thought that a screwdriver would help the process. Well, now with big gauges in the nice flat wall a texture was very much needed. I guess its a good time to experiment cause its not my house, right?

3 weeks later Im almost done...the final picture to follow with Before and After