Mayfield Lake Park

We camped here last weekend. We had a great time! We had a partial view through the trees down to the water. Once our campsite was set up, the kids got their bikes out and went for a ride.

We were glad to have gone mid-week because hardly anyone was there and the park had lots of great trails/roads to ride on.
This was just down around the corner from our site. It was a great lake to go sea-dooing on. More pictures of that next.

Drive By

We went camping last week and drove by this gorgeous view. This is Riffe Lake.

Just ONE of the reasons I love WA!

I'll get some camping pics up soon . . . . just dealing with a computer that has more fits than a 2 year old.

Memorial Day Weekend

Okay, so that was a while ago....but I'm trying to get caught up on posting, and I don't like to skip things we've done. Don't you like staying in the loop? So to catch you up, here's what we did the Saturday before Memorial Day. We heard through the grapevine about the 28 miles of garage sales going on out at the Long Beach Peninsula. They weren't near as good as we were hoping. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. Our consolation was getting to go to the beach and play the rest of the day! It was chilly out there as it usually is on our beaches here in the Northwest, but nothing a sweatshirt couldn't handle!

It was windy, but not quite enough to get the kites up for long.

Keith & BrooklynOkay, who's the wise guy?
I have so many more pictures of Brooklyn because she's so much easier to get to cooperate - in case you're wondering why.

It sure is fun to run your toes through the sand!

But not so fun to remove it before getting into the car. We were taught the trick of sprinkling baby powder on and the sand rubs right off. Still, how do we end up with a beach full of sand in the car when we get home? Crazy how that is. . . .

We went to a BBQ on Memorial Day itself. The first of the season! We love a good BBQ. How about you?

Bugz

Brooklyn had a speaking part in a program at school on May 8 called Bugz. It was about different bugs going on a picnic. I didn't get a video clip of her part - oops. We heard it for weeks before hand. "That's right, I am a dragonfly. I may look rather odd. That's because I just went through a metamorphosis. For I'm an arthropod." She did very well, I must say.

Her moment of fame. . . .

A clip of one of the cute songs about fireflies. The kids loved having the lights out and using flashlights.

Chocolateness

I don't think I ever posted this picture from back in February. I wanted to show off this beautiful cake that our niece Kayla made to celebrate all the February birthdays in our family. There are 3 in our immediate family alone! Sorry for the flash reflection, but isn't it pretty? Kayla's only 15! Don't you think she should start a business? Love the browns and turquoises. The cake was delicious, too!