Douglas and Carol

Oh dear abandoned blog… we have been keeping in touch with people using facebook these days and have abandoned our blog… but part of me would actually like to keep up with it. I don’t want to forget all the fun things we’ve been up to. So perhaps I can slowly start to put a picture and a story up here and there again. But no promises on how regularly that will be! We shall see…

This week we got to celebrate Father’s Day and Doug’s birthday! We had similar days for each, but both were fun. Father’s day I got up and made biscuits and gravy and then we headed to Dash Point State Park to fly kites. It was pouring down rain when we left our house but when we got to the beach it was sunny and warm and we rolled up our pants as far as we could because we were too warm dressed for a stormy day! I fed Amina some lunch while Doug took a walk down the beach getting his kite to fly! It wasn’t very windy at first, but he was able to get his new low wind kite up for a while. It just took him some work to do so! Then Amina wandered around playing with her ball, watched her daddy fly his kite, and watched the teenagers play on their skim boards for a while. She finally had to get wet so she walked to the water. It was much warmer than I thought it would be so I stripped her to her onesie and let her play in the water. She knows how to get soaked! She had fun splashing in the waves, picking up seaweed, and stomping her feet in the sand! She is a beach lover like her mama! This was our second time playing in the ocean water in her clothes, so this time I knew to strip her down and rinse her off before heading back to the blanket and towel. Last time we tried this I didn’t think that far ahead and she was completely covered in sand from head to toe that we couldn’t get off until her bath time that night. You live and learn, right? I’m sure we’ll have many more sandy escapades this summer! After playing in the water for a while we quickly packed up and left as a storm was coming in across the sound. We made it back into the car and out of the park before it started pouring again. Then we went for a longish drive so Amina could get a nap in and we went to Redmond Town Center for some fun shopping. We had to stop by the fun toy store there, followed by Uncle’s Games (our favorite!) and then Border’s before heading to Canyon’s for dinner. The food wasn’t really that great but we enjoyed our day thoroughly! And did I mention the sun was shining by the time we got out of the car again? That’s my kind of weather Ordered it up special for Father’s day.

Then yesterday we celebrated Doug’s birthday! The night before I tried my hand at making strawberry-rhubarb and strawberry-banana freezer jams, and then on his birthday we had homemade waffles with fresh jams to top them. And of course whipped cream! Amina kept sucking the whipped cream off the waffle and handing it back to me for more! That was definitely a special treat! After our leisurely morning eating outside in the sunshine Doug watered the garden and we headed for Seattle. We ended up at Golden Garden’s beach park where Doug again got to fly kites. This time we had more wind, so he didn’t have to work quite as hard to keep them up! We enjoyed walking along the rocks and sand at low tide and then playing in the sand with shovels and buckets. This time we kept Amina out of the water as it was colder that day, though it was hard to keep redirecting her away from the water! There were more sail boats, tug boats, and ferries to watch from this beach so that helped! We spent more time at the beach on Doug’s birthday than we had on Father’s day. Afterwards we headed to Southcenter to eat at Famous Dave’s BBQ. The meal was much better than the one on Sunday and we enjoyed eating outside on the patio. There was even a dog sitting under the next table so Amina enjoyed watching him and saying ‘woo woo’ to make sure we noticed the puppy. We got home before Amina’s bed time, gave Doug his picture frame gift, and just enjoyed a relaxing evening at home. I’m so blessed by my husband every day and I enjoyed spending time with him on his birthday. I’m so glad he was able to take the day off!

I’ve clearly used up my quota of words on the blog for the month, so I better end now and go find some pictures of our adventures!
Whoops, I left the camera in Amina’s diaper bag which is in her room where she’s sleeping. As she just finally fell asleep about a half hour ago I am not going to dare try and go in to retrieve it now! So the pictures will have to wait for now… hopefully I’ll get to them soon!

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