After hearing Kadie ask "When will we be there? Are we almost there? How many more movies do we have to watch? How many more minutes? " and any other version of "Are we there yet?" we finally arrived and headed straight for the beach! This was almost the first thing that my brothers Nick and Josh found in the sand.
The tide was coming in so all of the tide pools were filling up and the creepy crawling things started to emerge. We all fashioned up some home-made spears (sticks) and started poking around.
Josh was brave enough (or crazy enough) to grab a crab with out a stick! Overall, we found probably 10 crabs, and caught four! One of the crabs just clamped down on a stick that was waved in front of his eyes and wouldn't let go! He was a feisty one, and glad to be let go at the end of the day.
Here is Mr. Crab. Not the most intelligent one I thought - since he was trying to grab a fish hook. I thought because of shows like The Little Mermaid and Spongebob Squarepants that under sea creatures would have learned to stay away from hooks by now. He was lucky we weren't looking to eat him up!
My twin Brothers Nick and Josh did some off shore fishing. Nick even caught a small fish, and my Dad showed him how to gut it that night. My Dad saved the meat, but I don't think anyone was planning on eating it. Good times.
The next awesome discovery was the Star Fish that we found! Here is Laney taking a closer look. She looks so confused. She took a nice 15 second stare before she chucked it behind her.
We even found a friend for Mr. Starfish. Yes, the yellow one is a boy, because the purple one has to be a girl. I am glad that Kadie was there to tell us that.
Josh helped his Cowgirl Kadie write her name in the sand.
Kadie was right in the water from the beginning. I thought it was freezing! I miss being a kid, where nothing like hunger or freezing water even bothers you for a second from having the time of your life!
In honor of Mothers Day I was glad to get a picture of my Mom. I couldn't have asked for a better person to go to for advice, and ridiculously crazy fun times! It also is impossible to get a good picture of our girlies together, this was the closest thing with "grompa" that we got. Next to the family photo above with Laney balling.
This (below) is the view right outside the windows of their house! It was amazing to watch the sun set after a fun day with family, starfish and crabs! We can't wait to go back for the 4th of July! Thanks again for a great weekend of memories Grammy and Grompa!
