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Here are all the pictures together. Finally home and resting from our time at the beach.

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A Perfect End!

Last Day

It is our last day of vacation and what a beautiful day it is. We woke up to blue skies this morning, not the usual grey, cloudy skies that we have seen all week.  The morning was spent cleaning house, vacuuming the floors, laundry, and general clean up.  Todd sent the kids off on a two mile hike down the beach while I got the cleaning done.  After lunch we headed back to the beach for a last swim.  I tried to get in but the water was still too cold for me.  Sorry folks, I am just not going to do it.

The kids had fun and that is what  counts.  Bryce said he didn't want to leave which is a good sign that the kids had a fun week.

Find Bonnie

 Can  you see her yet?

 There she is!

Go Karts

Friday

If you have read the Twilight books or have seen the movies you know that vampires don't like the sunlight, that is why they "live" over on the west coast of Washington because the sun rarely shines over here.  Well, today the vampires had to stay indoors because the sun came out.  Yeah!!! 

We loaded up today and headed over to Ocean Shores.

 Ocean Shores is more of the resort beach.  People were everyone.  Harley Davidson motorcyclists were having a convention in town.  On the beach people were barbequing, swimming, flying kites, and/or riding horses.

 It made us thankful for our own private section of beach we have to play on. We have hardly seen anyone since our visit here.

After a trip to Murphy's ice cream store and a walk to the beach, Todd surprised the kids by taking them  over to ride some Go Karts.

The kids had so much fun....and so did I!  It was a great way to enjoy our last day with my parents.  Of course, we couldn't let this sunny day go to waste.  As soon as we got back to the house, we headed back to the beach to soak in the sun and play in the surf. 

 Todd headed back into town while we were playing on the beach and got us some crabs to have for dinner.  Can you say "Yum?!"  Yum!  A great way to end the day.

We finally got to have our bonfire!!!  The morning started off dreary and wet.  It hasn't really rained here.  We just get a heavy mist.  So we stayed inside all morning.  Everyone curled up with a good book or played some cards til late afternoon.  By then the "sun" had come out and the temps had gone up. We packed a cooler with sandwiches, drinks, and s'more ingredients then headed to the beach.

I am glad we waited although Brian was about to drive me crazy asking when we were going to have our fire and make s'mores up until this time.  The weather was great for a fire.  We found more wood to replace the pieces that another group had burned up the night before and had a nice fire.

Bonnie had heard that driftwood produces a blue flame when burned.  It doesn't.  At least not this driftwood.

Remember Bryce's bike accident the day before we left?  He is still sporting a nice black eye, but he also complained about a hurt wrist.  We thought he might have bruised it since there was no swelling and he could move it, but after a few days of it still hurting, we got him a brace that he has to wear all the time.  He is pretty bummed that it affects how rough he can play in the water.  No boogey boarding or diving through waves,  but that is the price one pays for crashing on a bike the day before vacation starts. 

 The boys did get out in the water as the tide was heading in to watch the waves wash over their feet.  We saw another bald eagle while on shore.  Awesomeness!

After filling our bellies of food, the boys ventured down the beach to find a large tree, roots and all, that had been washed up on shore.  The wind has deposited sand all around it and created dunes all around the trunk, a perfect spot to let your imagination run wild.  The boys disappeared behind the tree til it was time to head back home.

Star Wars movies and more cards concluded the night.  Back to bed and one more day on the Pacific coast with Mamaw and Papaw. 

Another Day on the Pacific Coast

Brian decided to sleep outside last night.  He got his sister's sleeping bag, a couple blankets and set up camp in the reclining lawn chair on the deck.  With his head lamp and book he settled in late last night and finally came inside about 5 this morning.  His blankets and pillow were soaking wet from the heavy dew but he had fun. 

Today we spent more time on the beach.  Todd went for an early morning run down to Ocean Shores which is two miles south of us.  While running he saw a bald eagle.  Mom and I saw a bald eagle later that morning when we were walking the beach searching for more sand dollars.  It was a chilly, overcast morning with temps in the 50s.  The kids wanted to go swimming but we had to tell them no.  After lunch the sun came out and with warmer temps we went back to the beach for the kids to swim.  We haven't been able to have our camp fire yet as the wind really picks up in the evenings.  We decided that we will have our fire tomorrow afternoon at lunch time.  Hopefully the wind won't be so bad then. 

Bonnie found this really cool sand castle (church) behind some sea grass.  Maybe we will try our hand out building some later this week.