Camping, Picnics, and Crabbing

Well, it has been a while since I have posted. I need to get more pictures up of our recent adventures. Since my last post we went camping at Ocean City State Park near Ocean Shores. We had a good time. We only went for 1 night to see how Ethan would do. We all had a good time. There beach was about a 15 minute walk from the campground. In ocean shores you can drive on the beach so that was interesting to see. There are also a lot of deer in the area - on the beach, in the town, etc. We were able to bring some gates with us so we were able to block ethan from the campfire. It did get quite cold at night which we were not expecting, but we all had fun.

The following weekend was the Microsoft company picnic. Michael's mom was in town for an appointment that weekend so we left Ethan with her and just took Arianna to the picnic. We had a great time. We had brought chairs and blankets but we never even sat down the whole day. The day went by very fast.

This last weekend we went down to Florence to go crabbing. We went with Ken and Kar-yee and his friend David and Teri and their family and friends. There was about 30 people there as Ken's niece was getting baptised that weekend. The crabbing was very poor. They caught a lot of crab, but they were all too small. In about a month they will probably all be the right size. The houses we stayed at were really nice. If my family decides to come out for another reunion i think we would look at renting these houses. Ethan stayed with Michael's parents for the weekend so we just had Arianna and that was nice. There were some other little ones there that were small and sensitive to noise so I think I would have ended up trapped in a room with Ethan. We took Arianna and some of the other kids Dune Buggying. I had done this years ago on a vacation with my grandma and loved it. Everyone had a blast and Arianna wanted to do it again the next day, but we had to leave. The next time we go down we will do it again.

Arianna and Ethan are both doing well. Ethan is getting more and more words and is trying to say two word sentences. He loves going to the park and climbing and going down the slides. He is such a boy. He loves to pick up rocks and throw them, playing in the sand, etc. Arianna is doing well also. She is coming down to her last month of freedom. She starts school on Sept 2nd. We will be going to do school shopping soon for some new clothes, shoes, etc. In her pre-K class she has been able to go on several field trips. She has loved riding the bus to the different locations. She is growing up so fast and starting to act even more mature, but she is also pushing the limits to learn what they are. We have found a park that is great for her to ride her bike. she is working on getting more confident on the bike so we can start learning to ride without training wheels. We will see how it goes.

Well off to the grocery store!!