Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Tide Pools

We went to Devil's Punch Bowl at low tide, and got to explore the tide pools.


Inside the punch bowl.

Friday, July 5, 2013

More Coast

Sometimes I get a little carried away when I upload pictures for a blog post.  I got some great photos on my nice camera when we were at the beach, but I totally forgot about the iPhone pictures.  So here's more!

The evening we arrived, of course we had to see the ocean.  We had some car trouble along the way, so we were very happy to be at our destination.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Oregon Coast

We had a lot of fun playing in the ocean and the sand when we were in Oregon.


Thursday, June 27, 2013

Happy 30th


Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband, the father of my girls, the man God knew fit me best. My very own Superman.  I don't know why God saw fit to bless me so greatly. 



Happy 30th, Bryan. I love you.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Happy Birthday Party

I spent a silly amount of time collecting schedules from all of Chloë's grandparents, aunts, and uncles, trying to find the perfect day where everyone would be available.  I just needed to find ONE DAY in the month of June so I could throw a birthday party for Chloë.  Well.  No such luck.  So I settled on having two parties.  Plus a little party on her actual birthday.  So three parties for the three-year-old, we decided.  She didn't seem too torn up about it.

So a couple of weeks ago we had the Blakey Chloë Birthday Party.  It was still a week before her birthday, but she understood that she wasn't actually 3 yet.  If someone wished her a happy birthday, she was quick to correct them.  "It's not my birthday," she would say, very seriously.  So we started wishing her a happy birthday party, which went over much better.

The weather was perfect, so we had a BBQ outside.  At the last minute, I decided to go with a  sprinkles theme.  She had, after all, asked for a cake with sprinkles.  So I pulled out every color streamer and balloon that I had in my party box.

Her birthday outfit just happened to work perfectly.

Elaina is already tired of hotdogs and hamburgers.

So excited about her princess balllon. 

Happy Birthday Party!
(I even put sprinkles on the vanilla ice cream.)

Besides the cake with sprinkles, she wanted "dress-ups" for her birthday.  She got lots of good dress ups, but she especially had a lot of fun trying on the different hats and accessories.

Elaina worked on her cake for a long time.  This kid loves sugar.

I think it was a success.