our Christmas family pics!

noel's bagel art

yep, it's always fun to see how much of a mess noel can make with his food. this time, he decorated the back door with cream cheese and bagel chunks.

i think samson is wishing he was on the other side of the door!

feb 28th @ the beach!

last sunday we drove out to the coast for some fresh, salty sea air. :) it was a beautiful day to go --mid 50s, no wind, high clouds with peeks of sun --not what you'd expect on the last day of february in the pacific northwest. it was so nice to get out and we all had a great time.

here's maddie conquering a sand hill. she climbed all the way to the top and then tumbled happily down.

i loved how these trees are permanently bent away from the shore... very dramatic.

yes, i blinked.

building sandcastles. it was fun until noel started throwing handfuls of sand at everyone. ha. but at least he wasn't eating the sand. maddie used to eat sand when she was his age....

looking north up the coast at cannon beach. you can barely see the lighthouse on the small rock out to the left.

this is maddie building a sandcastle at seaside (these pictures are somewhat out of order). she collected a bunch of shells and then buried them "in their castle."

what a beach town looks like up here. :) (this is back at cannon beach.)

haystack rock at cannon beach. any goonies out there?? does this look familiar?? ;)

(the rest of these pictures are at seaside.)

i didn't blink this time...

dame & the kiddos.

squinty damian... he really is having fun...

my kids sleep on the floor