Holly's Birthday Party @ Owen Beach

Last weekend we enjoyed a fantastic celebration at Owen Beach for Holly's 6th Birthday. The weather cooperated beautifully and the kids all adored spending several hours on the beach. They spent so much time exploring, collecting, playing in the drift wood hut, building water collecting holes and so much more! All the kids also created a beach relief project right in the sand with sea shells, little bits of drift wood and special beach stones they collected - this was really fun, some kids even made two.

Here is her party in reverse... as I am pretty frustrated with blogger right now - moving photos around is a night mare any more. Might have to look for a different host site, ugh!

Happy 6th Birthday Holly!

This little girl...

Turned 6 years old yesterday!!!

She is an amazing, beautiful, loving and funny little girl who fills our hearts with complete joy! She enjoys life to it's fullest, explores her little heart out, investigates everything, is not afraid to get her hands dirty, dances around the house in a tutu, is artistic and bright, outgoing with just about anything, friendly to all, cracks up at her own jokes, is mastering joke telling, spends hours each week reading Calvin & Hobbes, snuggles really well, is learning how to swim, enjoys music, is a wonderful big sister, cuddles her little brother and reads to him, sneaks into mom and dads bed and starts each day with a positive way about her! Happy Birthday Holly!

This was her special gift, selected by Daddy...

Nisqually Delta -- We Made It!

The weather this Sunday was simply amazing - perfect for hitting up an old favorite of ours... the Nisqually Delta. Our family really does enjoy this park so much, each time is a different experience filled with wonderful sites and sounds. Sunday was no different - the air was a flutter with so many birds taking in the sunshine, twitters abound, squirrels were sunbathing, Canadian Geese were tree bound (odd), critters were hunting, snakes slithering about and the beaver even made a brief and enjoyable appearance! The best part -- we finally made it to the END of the new board walk. Four and half miles later... we made it back.

The trails and boardwalk were filled with fellow nature loves all helping each other to find the critter gathering so much attention. Photographers were every where. Kids were finding pure joy in the outdoors. We all left a bit burned from the sun... and it felt good!!! The new board walk is a long trek, but oh so worth it. We went at low tide which expose the grounds for feeding. However, we heard that at higher tide your chances of seeing seals are much higher. It was nice to be out in the sunshine looking for nature at it's finest.