Beach Vacation

We went to the beach for the week, and rented a house.  Dad and Janet drove down, and Tony flew in. In the mornings we would do some activity (aquarium, old fort....), and then in the afternoon it was beach / nap / reading time.  Riley had so much fun.  We ended up having fantastic weather, even though it was October, the highs were in the 80's.  We were lucky as only one week later (last week) the highs have been in the 60s, brrr.

The house was situated so that we could see the sun rise and set from the deck.  Here is a picture off the deck.  It was only a short walk down the trail to the beach.

I think Riley liked playing in the sand more than getting in the water. (Brian is in the back on a boogie board). We all took a turn riding some waves in.

Dad helped Riley build, but I think he was getting tired of being Riley's unpaid worker.

This was the house we stayed at (the Right Side). The top balcony was shared with our room and Dad's room.  The bottom Balcony was just off the Dining / Living room.

Summer 2013

I would love to say that we have just been so busy that I haven't had time to post. That would be untrue.

This summer has mostly been work and school, with weekends that seem way too short.  Here are the highlights.

Riley and I planted strawberries on the porch.  I think the most we got in one picking was 8. Usually it was 1-3.

Here is Riley with our largest harvest.  He ate them all. 

We went bowling one afternoon.  Apparently I need to bowl with the bumpers all of the time, it was my highest score.

We went to the arboretum one afternoon.  Later, Riley got up close and personal with some goldfish in another pond, after he fell in.  

Riley and Brian went to a car show one afternoon, it was kind of rain-y, so it wasn't too busy, but they had a great time looking at all of the cars / trucks.