Long Beach WA

We were fortunate enough to take a wonderful trip to Long Beach WA with Steve's family the beginning of October.

Grandma Schwark kept Aiden so well entertained he didn't want to leave. She baked cookies with him, colored pumpkins, blew bubbles, and even played football on the beach. Aiden and Nolen's cousin Tennyson came up for the day. Aiden had a wonderful time following him around and trying to do all he was doing.

The first couple of days the weather didn't cooperate at all. The wind was blowing the rain and sand sideways, but I made Steve and Aiden venture out to the beach anyhow. I didn't want to drive all that way and not spend any time on the beach, regardless of the weather, or if they were miserable :) To occupy ourselves we wandered the hotel, played pool, and ping pong. Aiden enjoyed the ping pong as he got to stand on the table. Thankfully the weather cleared up the last day and we had a really good time playing on the beach.

THANK YOU Grandma and David for the fun trip!

Our First "Real" Camping Trip

We successfully completed our first camping trip. Some of you may know we attempted camping last year, but only made it six hours.

We went to Liberty Lake with our friends the Brown's. Aiden had a wonderful time with their children; Mia, Silas, and Macy. I have never seen him so dirty, bruised or happy. We swam in the lake, roasted marshmellows, hiked around and visited.

There were no wood fires allowed because of how dry it is over in the Spokane area right now, so that was a little weird to sit around a campfire of coals. Not quite the same feel, but it did the trick.

There were very few bugs, but three mosquitoes did manage to bite Nolen on the head. He looked very bewildered as to why I was smacking him. Poor kid.

It is fun to sleep under the stars, and not shower, and be one with nature (plus the car load of comfort items). But I am still in the market for a nice lake house.