Gibsons, Day 4

We woke up to another rainy day. Boo. But, we made the most of it. 

We headed to the beach. When the sprinkles come, we hide under a tree, but that was only twice. The rest of the times, we played. 

 And looked for beach glass.

 And walked on the beach.

 And walked on the logs.

 Em took a walk.

 We were looking for a heart rock for aunt Paula, but found a heart log.

 Noah and Amy went for a walk.

 We practiced shoulder stands.

 And wrestled.

 And went to our favorite Chinese place.

 And for gelato.

 These are from dinner, but from snapchat so they aren't the right way and out of order. Amy had to go home early so she missed dinner.

It was a great day and a great visit. We wake up early tomorrow and head to Idaho. We are so thankful for these trips every year. We love this tradition with our family.

Gibsons, Day 3

We woke up to another cloudy rainy day. But, we weren't going to let that stop us. We wanted to hike The Knob again.  The last time we went up was 2013.  That was the first summer we came here. It was nice to do it again. 

 We found mushrooms.

 It's so pretty and green.

 Oh gosh, this makes me nervous. But they did it 6 years ago. David and I walked across too.

 I got in one picture..

 Then, came the stairs, over 250 of them!

 We finally got to the top. The views are amazing.

 David carved DG + GG on this tree 6 years ago. You can still barely see it in the middle.

 The trees! They're amazing!

 Ugh, the log again.

 This place is magical.

 Then we almost stepped on this nasty banana slug.

 We drove a bit and found a new beach called Secret Beach. It was cool. We like the overcast weather as the beaches are empty.

 Then, we came home for lunch and went to the beach by our house.  Noah found a baby starfish. 

 We relaxed and took naps. The weather was perfect. Not hot, not cold.

 Then, we made pizzas for dinner.

 Then, we went pier jumping!

 They swam back.

 AAnd finally, Noah being a sea creature.

Gibsons, Day 2

Noah went looking for the neighborhood cats this morning. They love him.  This is Romeo.

 And Coco.  She's 17!

 It was cooler and a little rainy but we still went to the beech. We saw a deer along the way.

 We love this beech. We get so much heat at home that we enjoy the cooler weather.

 Noah found a dead clam.

 And dead baby starfish.

 The tide was super low. Emily went down to the water to investigate.

 Ben followed. She found lots of starfish.  They usually aren't at this beach.

 We just chilled and enjoyed the empty beach.

 We took off after the second rainfall came through.

 The neighbors have all these wild raspberries.  We get on the ladder and have a snack.

 We had a yummy dinner and went for gelato.  It's tradition.

 I don't know why this is out of order, but noah pitched about 100 rocks in the water.

It's supposed to be cooler with possible rain for the next few days, but that won't stop us from going to the beach.