Owies..

May 11th was family clean up day for Great Grandma Beck which was a lot of fun, other then the owies..  Ranger got his leg cut pretty bad which we bandaged and hoped it would heal with out needing stitched.  Then an hour later Ridge's nose got hit with a branch and gave him a nice size L shaped cut on his cute, perfect, little nose.  We didn't think it needed stitches but since it was his face and dirty I decided to take him to the Dr.  And once he heard the word Dr he wanted to go so he could get a sticker or sucker.. lol..  Luckily the Dr said it looked fine and nothing needed done and Ridge got his "orange" sucker..

 He looks so sad in the above picture, but as you can see below he wasn't, he was happily eating his sucker.

 

 The two wounded kids.

 

Since he had to wear a band aid for a few day I got him "Star Wars Angry Birds" band aids, he thought they were pretty cool, and he decided Daddy needed one too,, So cute!

Grayland Beach Yurt Weekend

May 3 and 4th was our annual Yurt Camping weekend at Grayland beach with two of Daniel's sisters and his parents.  This year we took Friday off so we could get the the beach earlier and have time to play.  We met up with Rachel's family and enjoyed a full after noon of fun.  The sun was shinning and it was a beautiful day but still a bit windy. 

 

We got my kite out of storage and played with it for a while, but I'm not used to the kind you can steer so I was no good at flying it..



 

I think Ridge has my cold blood, he wore his hat and jacket and was still shivering while Rachel's kids were in their swim wear and just fine..

 

I love this picture of Ridge and Adele, 

 

The crew playing in the waves, can you tell who each person is? 

 

 

We had gotten Ridge all excited about running from the waves.  He was concerned at first but after a couple you tube video's he decided the sharks were in the deep water not the shallow water, and that his daddy would shoot them if they got too close.

So once he decided there was no real danger he loved ever minute,, he would have chased the waves the full two days if we let him. 

 

found a warm spot, well more like a not freezing spot..

 

The parents and Leah and Joe showed up that evening in time for cousins to play and yummy dinners over the camp fire.

 

Ridge was excited to sleep on the big blanket pile in the Yurt

Sunset!

 

Ridge woke up happy and ready for another day of fun.

 

I didn't have to worry too much about sunscreen because Ridge kept his jacket on all day, he's so responsible, or just wimpy, lol.

 

Cute little crackage.. I had a picture posted of his daddy's crack(half moon) but we decided that maybe wasn't for the "pubic eye"..

The boys dug tunnels in the sand so the big boys posed for fun pictures.

 

squeezing though the tunnels, help..

 

Tyler rented some skim boards so we all got to try them out, it was super fun but hurt crashing into the sand..

Daniel above and Steve below showing off their mad skills.

me faking like I'm a pro ;)

and,,, the star of the day, Ranger! When the board got away from one of us Ranger would run over and jump on with his front legs and push with his back and surf the waves. So then we'd throw it out for him and he'd try to jump on, it was hilarious!  I got a couple videos but none were good enough for AFV..

 

My Fam

 

Rachel's Fam

 

Leah's Fam

 



And then then traditional ice cream cones in Montesano..

 

Packed full and not wanting to go home.

Warm Grass

All winter long Ridge has been asking about summer time and wondering when it will come.  He wants to be able to wear shorts, and he really wanted to lay in the warm grass.. So this week when the weather got over 60 and sunny he said mom is the grass dry, then he ran outside and laid in the warm grass.. 

Chop Sticks

Ridge thought these chop sticks were pretty cool and found many uses for them including swords and walrus husks..

Gift for a friend

Ridge's good buddy's birthday was on the 17th so I let him pick out a present for him.  It was fun taking Ridge shopping he wanted to get Cisco a dragon but each one he found was in the $30 range so I kept saying no, luckily we found a clearance rack and he saw this cool car kit.  Aren't they the cutest, they look so happy.

Grandpa Beck's memorial

 

 

Grandma with her 4 boys who were able to attend the memorial.

Can you tell which is from Florida. :)

 

Grandpa's art was displayed, he loved to experiment outside the box.  He found beauty in the natural waves of wood amongst many other talents. 

 

Spencer hanging with Uncle Daniel

 

Ridge testing if he liked the cookie by licking the frosting off. 

 

Grandpa Beck painted this picture of a mountain ridge for Ridge

 

this is the other one of Grandpa's painting we got, look at that sunset!