Pismo Beach, CA--Sun, Sand and Fun!

Here are some highlights of the trip to Pismo.

Finding decorations for our yet-to-be-made sand castle with
Mom and Great-Grandma. Mom also found a shirt.

Flying Squeeky.

Enjoying a chocolate covered treat (a marshmallow, maybe)
on the boardwalk.

Creating a magnificent sand castle using the decorations
from the beach. Which Zachy later destroyed.

Oh, so much sand.
But super cool shades!

Fun at the Fair--better late than never!

Ok, so the Evergreen State Fair ended almost a month ago. It's been busy. Now it's not so much so let's share some summer fun (when we actually had some summer). Hope you enjoy the memories with us!

I think somebody is getting a little too big to ride the pedal tractors at the fair.

This ride looks a little bit more her size. Too bad it went too fast and the camera went too slow for a better shot.

Really, it's the only reason to go to the fair.

Checking out the new digs for the dogs, chickens, rabbits and cavies (aka guinea pigs). A lot fancier than when Mom and Auntie were exhibitors at the fair.

This probably would have been more fun if she was heavy enough to get a good bounce going.

Oh, and here are some of the animals we saw:

A baby Highland cattle.

Mom pig and her 11-day-old babies.

Four very cute baby llamas (or alpacas).

Morel hunting

Zachy just loves pulling the Morels out of the ground and putting them in the bag!  His favorite ones are the big, big, big ones!
He gets creative with them too.  He put one on the end of a stick and called it a marshmallow, putting them on his fingers is fun too.  Something about the hole in the stem...
But really Zachy's favorite part of mushrooming is having his own whistle to blow.

Horses horses!

Elena is collecting Breyer horses now.  She has 15!  This is more than Auntie has and she is very proud of that.

Gardening season commences, finally!

After rain, rain, rain, rain and some more rain it was finally sunny and warm enough (for one day, so far) to get the tomato starts from Grandpa and plant them in their comfy little beds.
Gently, gently Elena removed them from their baby beds and planted them where all grown-up tomatoes need to be to spread their roots and make juicy, juicy fruits.

And, of course, there was the planting audience of Rainey "guarding" the chicks (l-r; Phantom, Black Ghost (under Phantom), Butter and Caramel).

Elena also decided to see if Whitto really will eat anything placed in front of him. I'm pretty sure the photographic evidence of a weed in his mouth is all we need to confirm that theory.

Elena@7!

Elena got a birthday surprise when she woke up - her room was full of balloons and streamers!  She has a busy day today - celebration of life with raspberries and strawberries at school, treats with her dance classmates, birthday dinner of nachos, and a dessert date with Mom and Dad to Coldstone Creamery.
HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY ELENA!!!

Plants vs. Zombies on XBox

Both kids just love this game!  We finally got the full version of the game thanks to funds received from the Easter Bunny.