The day after 30

Of course Josiah wanted nothing more than to head back to the beach for more sand time. So we were back to playing by about 9am. My boys played with their trucks and shovels and made themselves huge holes. While I built a sandcastle closer to the water's edge. I needed wet sand and water afterall. Besides, being 100 feet away from Josiah is probably the only reason I was able to build my Gaudi style sand castle. As soon as he saw it, he got this look in his eyes, and I knew it was all over. Of course by this time we had about a half hour before check out and one sandy little boy. So off we went to clean up, pack up, and check out just in time. After lunch we headed down the road to a little dock. Wes decided we need some ice cream. Our next known destination was Gerabaldi. I needed to do some shooting at the marina. We discovered an old parked steamy and had to check it out. Trains are one of Josiah's favorite things. Then I was off to the marina while Josiah and Wes hung out at the playground. Then as we headed for home, we opted for one last stop. Cheese is Josiah's favorite food. So a stop at the cheese factory was a must. Josiah had a great time. There was cheese everywhere. His first trip to the factory was a blast for all of us. Finally we made the last of our drive home, munching squeeky cheese.

The day I turned 30

So, I turned thirty. Just a week and a half ago or so, April 23. We took Josiah to the beach to see his friends, Paul and Molly. We saw some whales. Yes, those little black blobs in the water are them. We thought there were two at the time. After examing my photos, I'd say at least four. We took everyone out for lunch. They made me wear a sombrero and took my picture. Then they gave us all free ice cream. We left Astoria after lunch. We drove to Rockaway to spend another night, just the three of us. We took a walk before dinner. The sunset was way better than my pictures do justice. I couldn't find my nutral density filter before we left. Bummer. They should have been better. More to come. Sleep calls now.

scraping

So I wanted to post last week. But I couldn't. Just in case. Beth didn't need to know what I did all last week. After our busy/fun weekend I spent Monday and Tuesday cleaning up. Then I began to move all my tool upstairs. Time for a little scraping fun. Tuesday evening a group of friends came over and we began our project. You see, Beth is having a baby. We decorated a scrapbook for her so that she could just paste, journal, and be done. It was a good time. It's not often that I stay up past midnight. I continued to do a couple more pages on Wednesday and Thursday. Josiah even did a page. Then on Friday we kidnapped Beth's other children. They each did a page for the scrapbook and their parents got to go on a date. Beth's shower was Saturday. I think she liked the book. Maybe that's understating it a bit though.

photos that go with the previous post

a busy week/a great weekend

This past week has been crazy, busy. It hardly felt like there was a minute to rest. We got our taxes done, finally. We've been taking Josiah to swim lessons. We haven't been able to get Josiah onto daylight savings time, so he's still up till 9pm. I had lots of cleaning to do for this weekend. We had shopping to do for this weekend. We've just been go, go, going.

The weekend rocked. We had a Good Friday service. It was a stations of the cross deal. It rocked. People who set it up rocked. (I had a dream last night that someone screwed up the station they were creating.) Saturday we had around 25 people over to our house. I don't think this house has ever seen that much action. There were kids everywhere. It was crazy fun. We took the kids to a local egg hunt. It was a pretty nasty day for hunting eggs. Josiah got a package from his Grandparents in Eastern Oregon. It was a train with animals. He loves it. The Easter bunny came Sunday morning. She left baskets for Josiah and Wes. Why is it I never get a basket? :O) Josiah got Toby and Mavis. He's upstairs playing with them right now. Sunday we had a morning service. Josiah and I spent most of our time reading books, taking pictures, and painting. Wes did video. I'll have to listen to the message when it gets posted. We went to my parent's house after the service. Mom made a roast. They got Josiah a puzzle for Easter.

Today is Monday again. Wes had to go to work. Josiah didn't want him to go. Josiah is crabby today. I guess great weekends have to end sometime.

I lied

Tonight Justin asked if I'd taken any photos worth framing recently. I lied. I'd like to clean this one up and frame it. Josiah will grow to hate it. Especially when he starts dating. Yes, in the original you can see his cute little tiny butt.