So Thankful...

It's been a long time since we posted on the blog.  We are going to attempt to catch up tonight.  We'll start with Thanksgiving.  We had cold, but BEAUTIFUL island weather for the entire weekend.

 

We missed the small-town sing-along, but we arrived just in time to greet Santa on the fire truck.

 

Nice day for a walk on the bluff.

Lovely kids on a lovely day on the prairie.

Silly kids.

This one is for Grandma.  Look at how high we are above the cliff! :)

And higher.

Who can knock the steel drum off the driftwood?

 

Not sure why we didn't take a picture while this house was being built.  We made gingerbread houses with Elsa and have snacked on ours ever since. 

Hay ride to pick out our Christmas tree.

Happy belated Thanksgiving from our house to yours!

Rainy Day Balloon Races

 

 

Happy Halloween!

We had another great camping weekend.  The weather was sunny and crisp and the company was terrific!

 

This banana slug hiked with us for a while.

Exploring the fort.

 

It's party time!

 

Happy birthday (again), Evan!  Nathan and Elsa even decorated the trailer and truck with streamers.

So fun to celebrate Matt and Sara's wedding.  They truly had the most meaningful vows that Mom has ever heard.  We wish them many, many, many years of happiness.

Labor Day Traditions

This was another yummy annual clam boil, or as Elsa calls it, our 'red bag dinner'.  Thank you, Dad, for starting and maintaining the tradition that makes this one of our favorite weekends of the year!

Playing on the new log on Grandma and Grandpa's beach.

Cousin Reunion