I blame Instagram, because I feel like I've already shared things, but I only halfway did.
Anyhoo...
It has been a great summer so far! We've been keeping busy with swim lessons, camping, church service, work (for Preston. non-stop.), and getting better acquainted with the awesome people in our ward!
Here are a few photos from our recent camping trip on the coast. We went to Tillicum Beach, not far from the Cape Perpetua area. It was so much fun, we're already planning on doing it again next year! We tagged along with two families from the ward who are our closest friends in the area so far.
We drove a couple of miles to the Cape Perpetua visitors center and took a little nature walk to the tide pools. It was extremely rocky, so I didn't venture too far in for fear of spraining my ankles. There were sea urchins and anemones, along with quite a lot of tadpoles (polywogs?) hanging about in the tide pools. We left when the tide started coming in, violently.
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| Daddy and Bryce off on another whirlwind adventure. |
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| Urchins & Anemones |
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| Tadpoles |
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| The sea was angry that day my friends... |
We then took a long (well, long when you have 6 children along with you) hike up to the Giant Sycamore. Bryce, mercifully, napped in the Ergo on Daddy's back the entire way there and only woke up when we were headed back. The Giant Sycamore lived up to its name, and had a tunnel underneath where the kids enjoyed getting dirty while the adults got ready for the return trip.
All in all, we just had a lovely time, and I'm already jazzed to do it again next year. Bryce did so well most of the time! The beach was right there, but we didn't have to camp on the beach, so if you ask me it was the best of both worlds. On our last night, the other families headed home but we stayed behind. While I relaxed by the fire, Preston headed down to the beach to get some shots of the gorgeous sunset. This is the life!
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| Cute boy! |
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| Solo exploration |
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| This is what happens when Mommy gets bored in the car and there are pipe cleaners handy... Bryce is so long-suffering. |
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| The view from our campsite |
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| Stairs to the beach |
Have I mentioned that we love living here?
Because we do.
A lot.
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