This week has been Spring Break for the kids. We have mostly had nice weather which has been wonderful!! Monday was the usual laundry day, then on Tuesday, Dan took the afternoon off and we drove out to Tillamook to visit the factory and got some ice cream sandwiches.
Then we headed to the tidepools. We had a ton of fun walking around and finding different kinds of life! We found starfish, crabs, fish and anemones. Eileen found a crab that she carried around with her for awhile and even put it in her pocket for a bit - and of course, since this is Eileen, it liked her pocket.
After, we headed to Rockaway beach to play and eat some dinner. We had packed a easy dinner to eat while we were out, so we ate on the beach and played for a bit before heading home. It was such a fun day out together!
Dan has spent a lot of time this week helping me get my craft room organized and set up like I want it - I'm getting so excited watching it come together and getting things organized!
The kids got to hang out with some friends during spring break - which was nice - I'm just glad that they are making friends and getting to know people.
Friday, Anna went to babysit for Taz and Kai so Sandi could work some in the morning, then in the afternoon, we met up and a fun little park for a couple hours. Aaron met some nice kids around his age with similar interests (aka minecraft) and they chatted and walked around and he ended up exchanging phone numbers. It was a boys vs girls day at the park - Taz and James vs. Evelyn and Kai - but they had fun tormenting each other. :) David just adores Kai, so they all had a good time.
Saturday morning, we packed up a lunch and headed out to the coast. We met up with John and Melissa and Sara and Matt Marler for a whale watching trip. When we got there, we ate our lunch and found a little playground to play at for a bit, then we headed down to get on the boat! Eileen was so excited, she was literally bouncing all over the place with excitement. And even better - she loved it - we were not disappointed - it was chilly with the wind, but sunny and we saw a bunch of whales!! David hated the boat once we got out to the open water and started crying and wanting to go back, but once he got in the cabin he did much better and once we got back and he got off the boat, he was telling us that it was awesome and the best thing ever. Thankfully none of us got seasick, though others were not so lucky, poor Sara and her kids struggled with the bouncing. It was so much fun to see them and all our kids got along great together!
After the whale watching, we spent a bit more time on the playground for David, then we went to the beach to play for a bit. It didn't take long for the kids to get cold and be ready to head home, so we drove home for dinner.
Today was a great day! This morning, we got guinea pigs. One of James' classmates was moving and they couldn't take their guinea pigs with them. James managed to convince Dan to let him take them, so we now have two cute little guinea pigs and the kids are pretty smitten. Evelyn has taken a million pictures of them, James loves them (though we couldn't make it through the day with out him complaining about them being boring since Dan told them not to pick them up today and to just let them get settled in their new home) and Eileen seems to really like them too. :)
We got to go to church again this week since I was asked to conduct the music in church today. We had wonderful talks and a wonderful musical number. I'm so excited for General Conference next week!!
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