Brookings

Josh's parents took Coley and Annie to Brookings while Josh and I were in McCloud. 

We drove up to get them Friday afternoon and ended up sticking around the rest of the day.

We headed down to the beach first thing.

I couldn't decide which of these shots of Josh and Coley were my favorite (so I decided to post them all).

And then we went crabbing.  (Josh is big on crabbing - last year, he took a sleeping bag and slept on the crabbing dock all night.)

Annie's not a very big fan of the crabs though.

I love that belly button.

She is a big fan of chasing seagulls though.

But not a big fan of eating unpeeled oranges.

Still trying to figure out why that orange tasted so bad.

That's Annie's great-grandpa Leroy.

And my favorite face of hers.

And then we headed back down to the beach.

Showing off her muscles.

She has Fred Flinstone feet just like me.  (It's a cruel twist of genetic fate that I have Fred Flinstone feet and sausage legs.)

And then we headed back to the campground.

I love her.

We talked about staying for the rest of the weekend (Josh's family camps there over Memorial weekend every year) but decided we had better head home to work at the new, old house (moving in on June 12th).

Comments

[Kelly]

Oh Karen!
Darn You! Darn You! Darn You! for making all us Canon Gals just a little less sure of our choice!!
Your photos are dreamy!!!! (& I like exclamation points ;)

[Brandi]

Hey Karen we must be related because I have Fred Flintstone feet too...and no ankles...just legs that go to my feet...like trunks!
Thank goodness she has such a cute face and belly button...it totally makes up for the feet thing!
hugs from oHIo, Brandi

[Lisa N]

Awesome pictures like always. Looks like such a wonderful family day. You took some really cute pictures of Annie.

[Sheila]

I always love looking at your pics, but being that you went to Dunsmuir, I had to comment. We also went to Dunsmuir one early early morning on our way back from DisneyLand. We stopped at the diner in town. The guy outside smoking was our host/waiter/cook/cashier. I don't think that he was really any of those things judging by his service and his food. I think that we actually got there way before the cook did (maybe they weren't even open but he didn't want to turn us away-- he should have though) It was proabbly the most memorable part of our whole vacation. By the time we left we were laughing so hard we almost forgot my husband as we tried to make our quick getaway!

[Cate O'Malley]

Just stumbled onto your site and loved the references to the old new house. Our current house is on the market and I'm actually buying back our old house, which we refer to now as the old new house. ;) Love the orange pictures!

[Sarah Skinner]

Those pretty white flowers are Dogwoods' that you took a picture of. They are my personal favorite. Sometimes they are pink too.