Mandatory Beach Day

 Love these two. They were taking a break for lunch and tootsie pop time.

 We all needed some fresh air. It was a rare day at the beach. The kids could have easily been in swimsuits. 

A much needed day to refresh. 

 The kids have always been able to make a day out of the beach, but Jeff and I would usually call it quits before they were ready too. So now, we set up a "homebase" tent, blanket, radio, food, toys and we can truly make a day out of it. 

 I cannot believe they are 8 & 4 years. Of course, we had to add the 1/2 for Fieldin because that is ALL he talks about. The 1/2 is so important to him. 

 My favorite part of the day was driving the remote control cars over sand jumps, running with the kids and playing frisbee. 

 Greta

 They played in the water alot yesterday. I love that he drags her more to the water nowadays. It used to be the other way around. 

 Fieldin broke off some dried kelp and was captain hook yesterday. He really wanted to bring it home....

 hiking along the lighthouse trails. 

 Hiking some more. We tried a new hike south of Newport. I loved it. Next time I want to take some of the side trails too. 

Good thing the kids are not migratory birds. They played a game with a Ranger yesterday. Gret was a Peregrine Falcon. She has the red band on her leg because she was tagged in both games. She then ended up being shot by a bb gun and eaten by a cat in the second game. She never made it to migration. Fieldin ran into a skyscraper, ate some bad food and then was eaten by a cat. Pretty bad odds for the birds. :)