Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Easter

Easter weekend was very fun with a visit from the Olympia Plughoff's, egg hunting, eating, eating...and more eating. TJ has been doing CCD in preparation for first communion and we also just celebrate that big milestone!

His sponsors, Ryan and Katy. Two of my favorite good Catholics!


Receiving first communion from the Bishop.
He was so nervous and very serious! I think he was afraid he was going to have to recite all the prayers he's been learning!
TJ's sponsors, Ryan and Katy, announcing TJ "Peter" Sackman. He chose Peter as his Catholic name.
Finely, Beau and TJ!
TJ heading into Mass for his big day! So proud of this kid!
A Barbie!
Clothes off...squirt gun time!
Auntie Karli painting nails.
Harper and Finley in their Easter best!

All the cousins!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Moclips, WA

The beach at Moclips, right outside our door.
A store in Ocean Shores...the kid's HAD to stop!




It was a bit windy!



All three kids spent hours playing in this pirate boat on the beach!

Aaaarrrgh!



Pirate Master Finley!
Yummm, smores!




We tried to tell him this isn't a good roasting stick....

Beautiful sunset


The pirate trail back to the house.

There was a lot of rough water and the tide was really murky...we kept joking it was all the radiation washing ashore.


A beautiful day!


When TJ was about 3 we would jokingly call these weird plants "whale penis's" unfortunately that term has stuck (we see them in Cannon Beach each summer) but it's a bit embarrassing when your kids are screaming, "A whale penis!" on the beach in front of others!

Good thing she's so sturdy or she'd get blown away!


Making a sand dinosaur


Looking at the beach house

Beau building his sand dinosaur







The beach pirate boat
















At the Pacific Science Center










































Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Spring Break Adventure

When we planned our Spring Break trip to Moclips, a small town on the Washington Coast, it was under the assumption that we'd have rain/clouds/typical April ocean weather...who-da-thunk it... we've had two days (so far) of SUNSHINE! Don't mistake me-it's still chilly and windy, however the simple fact that we have blue sky and sun is by far the best surprise! What a treat to let the kids play on the beach, building forts and digging in the sand, while Husband and I relax. We took a quick trip into Ocean Shores this morning to check it out. I have never been to the Washington Coast and we figured we might as well see what Ocean Shores was like...not super impressed. I'm very happy with our beach cottage in Moclips. We are right on the ocean with just a few other houses nestled around us. Tomorrow we are going north a bit to check out some hiking trails that Husband found...and in between our mini-day adventures we are playing cards, reading, doing puzzles, building sand forts, drinking wine, and eating (every Sackman's favorite vacation past time). The trip home on Friday is likely to be a long one....we broke up our drive over by spending the night in Seattle, taking the kids to the Pacific Science Center and downtown, and then enjoying TJ's favorite Seattle meal, Dick's! Friday we are making the long haul all the way to Omak...not looking forward to that, however it's all part of getting out of Omak and making sure our kids get a chance to experience other parts of our world. Pictures to come soon!