Matthew borrowed his friend's car and found himself a date!
Cheek to Cheek....Have you heard about it???
11 years ago
Clara took along Jonathan's bike since it's breaks are way better!
Ready to go!
Clara and Belle
Chris, Belle and Hunter
Chris and Clara. Clara's still getting used to the hills :)
Time to cool off!
All the water around here is from melted snow running off of the mountains...so it's rarely warm.
As you can see, that didn't stop them!
Clara
Craziness!
Chris
The Coulter's
Beautiful!
Clara, Mikaela and Izabella
Searching the tide pools for anemones and starfish
Chris was carrying Matthew all over with him, up and down the rocks. I was so nervous they were going to fall!
They didn't fall, but Matthew enjoyed the salty water!
A crab hiding in the rocks
I finally got Matthew with me on stable ground, so I could breathe!
Once I put him down, he was content just moving the rocks from one side of himself to the other.
Thankfully there wasn't a shortage of rocks, so it kept him busy for a while.
Clara. Jonathan, and Matthew
Chris and Hunter
They found a sea urchin!
Sea Urchin
Going exploring
Chris, Mikaela and Izabella -- Watch out for that wave!
The kids decided to make a dam in the river that was running down into the ocean.
Jonathan
Piling on the big rocks
Jonathan and Dylan filling in the holes with little pebbles and mud
Belle and Chris helping
Hunter, Clara and Jonathan
Clara
They never fully stopped the flow of water, but they slowed it enough that the water found another route around the dam.
Matthew wanted to get in the water so badly, but it was very cold (not that you can tell by looking at the other kids!)
He finally made his way into the water!
The view from up on the mountain
So pretty, so powerful!
This was the way up and down the mountain. As you can see, the drop off is nearly up to Chris' shoulder, and he's 6'2", so it was roughly 5ft off the ground. I needed his help to get up, and again when I came down. Only, my descent wasn't as graceful as Becca's is here. I slid on my bottom from about where Matt is standing up top to where Chris caught me there on the bottom. If not for Chris standing there to catch me, we would have likely been searching for the nearest hospital!
The kids are working hard!
We had to walk through the plums to get to the peaches. They said that if we were selective, we'd be able to find a few good plums. It took a while, but I found a delicious one. We each got a bite, but by the time it got to Matthew, he wasn't sharing. He got the rest of the plum all to himself!
Plums
Yum!
Praying Mantis we found on a peach
The variety of peaches were 'flame peaches' and they were absolutely delicious!
The inside was just as red as the outside, which made for a funny looking peach cobbler later, but it was still yummy!