The Kids are Famous!

 We went to the Farmer's Market in Anacortes a couple days ago and AlaskaDave spotted Derick, then the 2 girls confirmed that is was indeed Jr! They brought him over to where we were waiting for a pesto pizza...he say Dyl and said, "Look at the size of this one!!" Yes, that is what everyone says this summer!
So cool to meet you Dave!!

Deception Pass...we needed a beach fix!

I love this shot!

Alicia found the best piece of beach glass of the day!

A fort they found. And the interesting piles of rocks all over the inside.

Girls made some 4th of July themed cupcakes.

Izzy from next-door likes to visit!

yIzz

The Busy Weekend that Won't End...

I slept in, missed brunch, darn it. But I ate Grand food 2x yesterday, I think I will be OK without MORE!
Manderzz and I grabbed the puppy and CB and walked "Glass Beach" and then for a bit on Summer Bay Beach too. It was so nice nobody wanted to go inside. Not a lot of glass, but lots of sunshine and fresh air.
Manderzz made CB some special cookies and he gave her a FANCY pair of sunglasses, he gave Jr some too --Manderzz' are so cool, Jr's make him look like a weird John Lennon wannabe. I'll get a picture when he's feeling more photogenic.
We ran into Dan Y, and Linda with her dog Molly on the way home near Tuitakoff Field. Molly doesn't care for babies! Funny dog.
Dan was playing with his giant kite, for kite boarding?? Straightening the cords or something, Bella was enamored!

The party last night was fun! I introduced AG to Amaretto Sours --blended not on the rocks and she EVEN liked them!
We sat with Linda (all 3 of us have mystery husbands who are hardly ever in town) and Dede and her husband who's gone almost as much...but is in town this trip.

Manderzz and I are off to the library-- Cora has a contest to win $100 to spend at the Grand and a bunch of Halloween stuff...we have to give it a try! Will miss Lauri ...GET WELL!!!!!

Manderzz' cookies

Our pumpkins need attention!!

CB gets to hold Bella for the 1st time; Manderzz looking sooo cool in her new glasses.

Bella got cold and climbed into CB's jacket

Summer Bay was gorgeous today.

Bella really liked Dan Y and she wanted to make friends with Molly...Molly will give her a chance in maybe a year.

Stormy Day, At Least Our Skin Healed a Bit.

The sea glass from the storm...no better than what we find at home!

The shells we found after the storm.

It was getting dark and I don't have a photo program on my mini laptop. The ocean was crazy, the waves huge, but it was hot like a bathtub.

Very deserted!

T and the only other guys (the 3rd guy is mia in this shot) that were stupid enough to go out in the water.

Trying to stay outside in the midst of a squall.

This is brave for my husband...he tried a margarita..hated it, but he tried one.

Today was a very mellow day, up late...we ate breakfast indoors as it rained early. I worked out for 45 min. We ran some errands -- got some 80 spf sunscreen lol we needed it! Laid out for a couple hours, Troy visited with our NYC friends in the pool, I slept. Evidently 45 minutes cardio and a 30 min trip to Wal-Mart is completely tiring!

It rained all afternoon, but we went to the beach and the pool anyway. The storm brought in lots of sea glass and shells!! T and 2 others were the only idiots in Cabo Bay right at sunset...they had a great time in the HUGE waves though....we didn't have enough appetite to go out to dinner, grabbed sandwiches and did a couple loads of laundry. The weather will be iffy for 2 more days then better for the rest of the trip! Dyl says he won all of his heats in swimming today, is doing great in wrestling and Manderzz had her 1st basketball game today. She was so excited (as excited as MSN messenger allows one to be) Jr had a bunch of guys over for a wild xbox party with a bonfire (I hear it was soooo warm there Friday??) and an egg toss in the street, I have to find out more about THAT...weird... we miss home, hate to miss anything...it does happen sometimes. Thank goodness for grandma!

Too Much Sun, Waverunner Too --HA!

These 2 guys were hilarious -- I thought someone might enjoy the picture :)

T almost got up and sang --uhhh that captn phil t-shirt!

T and some other very mature 40 ish guys on the whale slide!

Mark from CA and Bob & Maria from NYC....very nice people.

Me cooling off.

He should be cooling off in the waterfall --we moved to the pool with the others very soon after this shot. It was just too hot to be on the deck.

We went very close to Lover's Beach/The Arch on the waverunner..as soon as the weather calms down we're going over for a picnic.

Me on the waverunner!

My always sweet pals Alena! and AG didn't believe I'd go on a waverunner. We shared one, but I did drive it too, no problemo, es muy facil, so there....

We hung out by the small pool, met several very friendly people and worked on our burns, 50 sunblock wasn't enough! We went to dinner, and there was karoke. (I totally thought about you AG! You would've LOVED IT) Ohh hey how was bunko to anyone who went :( sad to miss it!!!

We did the group song Summer Lovin and danced in a silly chain a bit, but never sang a song all by ourselves....we're just not that outgoing...

Was about 91 degrees and I swear the humidity was about the same!

Glass Beach!

My treasures after 3 walks on "glass beach" My secret --bring lots of teens and the occasional tween to help spot glass!
I'm just not sure this was a great idea, but he felt the need to do it and survived (whew!) He climbed up the hill, ran over and climbed down by the vehicle...only about a minute later than when we got there after following the path around the base --I'm impressed.
This kid loves picking up random dead creatures! That is a huge hermit crab!
AG, Manderzz & ABob sifting the rocks for glass...we ran out of beach, but didn't want to leave, it was sunny!
Dills found a marble...it's new. Someone must've had extra ones that ended up in the ocean?? Jsut guessing...
Ohhhh this seaweed is going to smell bad when it starts to rot!! YUK!!!!! I bet there is a lot of glass under all of that though...

I did deduct which beach "Glass Beach" was...the only one I'd never been too! It's so fun I walked there three times in 2 days this weekend. It was decent-enough weather on Saturday evening with CB. But WONDERFUL on Sunday when we went with AG and then with CB too....4 hours of beach time in one day! It was 62 degrees with barely a breeze....probably the best day of the summer.
It's drizzly tonight, and feels like a Monday (blah!) But I did play cribbage with Jr and PT...PT won, that's OK, I won SORRY on Friday night when my husband popped in for 28 hours -- I NEVER win games!! I'll be happy for years :)
They came back from patrol, then he headed out moose hunting.

Kolecta Bay Memories

We missed the Festival of the Aleutians and the parade too...but I think all 9 of us are happy we went camping, even though it was gray and the clear day predicted for Sunday didn't happen. It was good enough weather. The boat is leaving soon, and from the sound of the wind this fall is here....or coming VERY soon.



A cute flower growing in the rocks, I can't pass a perfect one by!
Our glass ball, they're always just sitting in the driftwood, looking like they're waiting for us to find them!
We are certain there are several glass balls in every pile like this...but what can you do??
I bet it was 52 degrees in the morning...did that make Dills put on any clothes....nope!
Manderzz and Mr AG playing with some sparklers.
No sand and all rocks is better than I thought...less mess on us, the gear and the food!
Expelliarmus!Mr. CD....tending the fire...
Something was cracking AG up!
AG would not drink the punch I made --similar to the punch from Tundra Golf...so I had to work on it myself!
S'mores!
AB used a bouy I found as a chair.

Ahhh......so sweet!
Good thing we had 5 of us to figure out the hamburger-cooking thing! I couldn't figure out how to open it!
AB REALLY likes summer sausage!
The girls had air mattresses....we used the cushions from the skiff --rumor is I had both and T had none! Oops...I didn't know. I just know I was REALLY comfortable!
Checking the skiff.
We had 4 tents, each couple and one each for the boay & for the girls.