Friday, May 15, 2009

A Very Beachy Post

We've been having a nice spring. Nolan survived his test and I'm sure he passed it (even though we won't know the results until late June/July). I had a great birthday, especially going to the beach with Anna and the kids the next day! And we enjoyed celebrating our anniversary at the Hallmark Resort in Newport last weekend. It was so much fun to be able to take Toby with us. Poor thing, though, he gets carsick, so the trip over wasn't without challenges. We stopped once because he was drooling so much in an effort to calm him down. Then we stopped again when he threw up. And then we stopped for about an hour because there was an accident and they weren't letting traffic through. At least we were able to let Toby out (on his leash of course), and Nolan was able to get wireless signal on his laptop! It was nice for him to be able to check how long detours would take and be reassured that we were doing the right thing in just waiting for them to clear the road. We finally made it to Newport and had a great time!

Cami ate what might have been her first Oreo on our way to the coast!
I could get her to smile, just not look at the camera!
Micah playing in the sand
Josiah climbing
Nolan checking Map quest on our way to the beach
We were too late to get a nice dinner, so we settled for McDonald's instead
Toby standing in the wind outside our hotel. We had him on a 16 ft. retractable leash, so he felt free
The view from our room
Introducing Toby to the beach. He likes to stand against us
Happily Married!

5 comments:

Empty Nesters said...

Very fun! It almost looks like you took the kids to the beach for your anniversary! I know better:) Great photos!

Family of 5 said...

Boy you have had a lot of time at the beach latelye! And looks like you had pretty nice weather! Glad Toby made it safely to the beach along with you guys! Minus the couple drool/puke episodes! :)

Katie Zuniga said...

Okay, how long have you had this blog? I feel like such a bad friend. I had not idea you had it until today when you commented on Alexander's dancing!! Sorry

Jill said...

No worries, Katie! I mostly started it for family who don't have Facebook and don't get to see all the pictures I post on there.

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Love, Dad