What-What?! Week of August 12th

So, I've pretty much just been dead busy/tired with work, family responsibilities, and all that kind of thing.

In the interim, we haven't done too much... it's been a bit hot to go hiking (well, and everyone else in the world is hiking too...).  We did go back to Kayak Point, to hang out on the beach again:

The kids spent most of the time digging holes

This was their first one

Osric and I did build a castle, though

Osric coming threatening close to Saffron with a bucket of water O___O

Friday, the husband and kids came to work because there was a party for two of my coworkers -- they are expecting a baby here in the near future.  We had some fun :)

Oz was so excited about this mustache!

"Duck man"

We were given some of the plants that had been used as decoration for the party.  These are succulents of some kind, grown by one of the women in sales -- she told us that they grow really well here, so here's hoping for lots of growth!  Yesterday, we planted them:

 

What-What?! Week of July 15th

I was gonna post this last week, but totally forgot what day it was, what week it was, what year it was...

On 4th of July weekend, we hit up the beach at Kayak Point for a picnic:

 

The sand here has so many rocks.  Makes me miss the sandy beaches back home.

Busy with construction!

 

Handsome husband <3

Looking for good stuff in the water.  The water here is very clear and nearly still during the times that the wind was low.

You can see in this picture that someone forgot they were standing in water when they crouched down...

Burying Corwin in the sand

It was a good time!

Playing at the playground there

What-What?! Week of August 6th

This weekend and last weekend we visited Kayak Point, which sits along the coast overlooking the sound.  It's got a nice beach, play ground, and some short trails.  Last weekend when we went, it was super hot and extremely busy; we parked at the top of the hill in the overflow parking and had to walk a ways down the trails to the beach.  We still had a good time.

Yesterday when we went, we came early in the day and brought a picnic lunch.  When we arrived, the tide was very low, so we got to investigate the tide pools.

This was last weekend -- you can see how clear it was.

The trails are very steep.

Yesterday -- there was lots of parking down by the beach, and we even got our own picnic table.

SEAWEEEEEEED!

You see how the sky is all grey?  That's not fog -- it's smog.  The air quality has been horrendous here, with winds pushing smoke down from wildfires in Canada, then that air getting trapped.  There's one little valley I drive through everyday going to work, and Thursday you couldn't look across the valley and see the hills on the other side.  I had never seen that before.

The husband climbed to the top of the rope climb-y thing, 'cuz he could.

Eatin' lunch -- hotdogs, chips, and grapes.  We cooked the hotdogs at home and packed them in a cooler to keep warm -- it was a good thing, too, since fires are not allowed right now.