kicking it

Larry with his soccer coach after the team's 3-day tournament. They won all 4 games & came in 1st place!

ocean shores

This weekend we packed up the car, sardine can-style, and went to Ocean Shores. We stayed here, at the "Clam Castle." Nice place...definitely more on the clammy side than the castle-y side, but that's OK.

Alan brought his friend Nathan ~ here they are playing air hockey.

They all enjoyed the hot tub on the deck.

Pizza at Dugan's. I don't know what Alan is doing with his head...

The weather wasn't great on the second day, so we didn't spend much time on the beach ~ just long enough to fly a kite, feed some seagulls, and get the car stuck in the sand.

See? It was good & stuck. The boys are all in back getting ready to push. Wade is putting something under the tires to get traction. I pretty much just took this picture.

Mine! Mine! Mine! (this will only make sense if you've seen Finding Nemo)... We got all the way back to the cabin before realizing that we'd forgotten the dog at the beach! Ooops.

She was standing around waiting for us, so we brought her home and made it up to her with a little steak for dinner.

Larry brought his friend Jacob ~ here they are after racing Go-Karts

Neil ponders his next shot at the miniature golf course...

Nathan & Alan

Neil up in the bedroom loft

This deer was around quite a bit the first day, but must've gotten sick of Ruby because we didn't see it after that.

Jacob & Larry

16 days till school starts, not that i'm counting

Larry trying to teach the dog to use the remote.

she thinks she's people.

We went to a back-to-school party at the home of our friends, The Q's. True to Washington weather in August, it mostly rained. Here's Neil with his friend Taylor.

Ginormous water slide

Mr. Q at the barbe-Q (heh)

camping @ belfair

All the mosquito bites from our last trip have healed, so it must be time for more car camping... Here's the "car" part :) You are now leaving Seattle...

Windy ferry ride

Belfair State Park. We were joined by the Armstrongs & one Milham (Derb)

The ever-popular sport of tent wrestling

Alan

Derb visiting the campground beauty parlor...

Nelson getting ready to fish, with a little help from his Mom

Alan, Neil & Larry swimming in Hood Canal. Brrrr.

Muscle beach.

neil's 1st sleepover

Neil & T.J. bonding over Gameboy. T.J.'s mama Andrea & I have been friends for going on 20 years, Aaaaaah!