Just a few shots from the beach up in Seattle.
We had a contest to see how many times we could skip a rock.
Josh Downs: 6 (And he can make ANY rock skip.)
Coley: 4 (He's on the fast-track to becoming a master-rock-skipper.)
My sister: 3 (She's not too shabby.)
Me: 3 (I stink. Those three skips were a total fluke.)
Annie: 0 (She didn't fully understand the concept and would throw four rocks all at once, insisting that her rock at skipped four times.)
He'll pick anything up if it looks cool enough.
My sister's dog got tired of Annie mauling him and gave her a little warning bite under the eye.
Josh and I cracked jokes the rest of the trip about all the mean things we were going to do to my sister's dog.
My sister didn't think we were very funny though.
Josh trapped Cole underneath that pile of driftwood. (You can see just a little bit of his facing peeking through and you can also see my sister and Annie in the background, watching the whole thing.)
Time to go home.
After a pit-stop for icecream.
Very evident that the bottom line of accomplishments for the weekend...wonderful memories and fun. Love all the photos!
Posted by: janel | July 21, 2010 at 03:57 PM
You should know that your photographs are by far the most inspirational to me. : )
Posted by: Jaimie | July 21, 2010 at 06:37 PM
What IS that thing he picked up? Some kind of sea creature? Love the look on his face, like "what the h$##?"
Posted by: Julie Johnson | July 21, 2010 at 06:52 PM
Hey! Josh has my old shower cap in his hands!
Posted by: Kelli | July 21, 2010 at 07:48 PM
ditto Julie...what the heck was that?? Great pics!
Posted by: Rhonda P. | July 21, 2010 at 08:40 PM
mmmmm, blue ice cream!! i love blue food!! does Annie share?? great pix, as usual!!
Posted by: karlalala | July 22, 2010 at 07:02 AM
The look on Coley's face cracks me up....looks like he didn't get too close. ha. My husband is just like Josh Downs--I call him The Crocodile Hunter. Wild is never an obstacle!
Posted by: kat-in-texas | July 22, 2010 at 03:19 PM
Thank goodness the dog didn't actually get her eye... lucky, very lucky.
Posted by: Domenico | July 22, 2010 at 10:11 PM
fun! and that ice cream in the last shot looks SO good. :)
Posted by: jenny | July 23, 2010 at 07:07 AM
Love the expression on Josh Downs face!!
Posted by: teresa b | July 24, 2010 at 05:35 PM
Great trip photos! Watched the movie 'Heidi' last night with my kids and thought your Annie resembles Shirley Temple A TON. Have you ever heard that before or thought it yourself?
Posted by: jenniferc | July 25, 2010 at 11:39 AM
OK, I have to know which beach those were taken at...I have some guesses...Golden Gardens? Richmond Beach? Kingston? Whidbey? Our oldest says she's found jellyfish (at Hood Canal) that big and that Josh picked it up the right way. I want to take my kiddos and take pics, tell me, tell me!
Posted by: Kimberly | July 25, 2010 at 06:04 PM
That photo of Annie is just gorgeous. Been on vacation and now I am embarrassed of my pictures after looking at yours.
Posted by: Melanie | July 29, 2010 at 08:09 AM