Trip to Lummi

Well, we had tons of fun again this year.  Lots of searching for treasures and making some really cool things out of our treasures.  Grandma got to keep those to decorate with!  Liha and Spencer got to join us this year and I’m pretty sure he’ll want to go back again next year :o).  

We saw purple starfish for the first time and that was really cool.  We also visited a beach not far from the cabin that had all kinds of really cool rocks.  We could have filled the car with all of the interesting rocks!  Thank goodness we only brought a tiny little bucket.
We had a fire and roasted marshmallows, searched for sea glass, flipped rocks to find tiny crabs and watched a little of the Olympics.  Oh, and ate lots of good food, of course :o).
Unfortunately, I never sleep well there….last year my mom and I had a terrible allergy attack in the middle of the night and this year Spencer was in our room and was having some kind of trouble and was thrashing all around for a good portion of the night (probably because he ate 1 ½ cheese sandwiches!).  When he was finally quiet, we heard Liha walking around upstairs.  She came and got mom because there was a bat flying around!!!  I pretended to be sleeping :o).  They got her bedding downstairs and set her up in the living room next to the kids.  Mom came in and reported that Liha had a drip of something fall on her lip…hmmm bat pee??!!  This was so super funny to us and we giggled hysterically which Liha did not appreciate.  The bat wasn’t finished with her as it kept swooping down lower and lower (probably trying to stop the incredibly loud snoring).  She opened the door and it flew out and then we giggled some more and finally fell back asleep.

Ainsley turned the big 6 yesterday and lost another tooth!  She had all kinds of fun this year for her birthday! The parties just kept coming.  It started with Grandma Peggy taking the kids the Thursday before we left to let Ainsley pick out a few birthday goodies.  I think Grandma Peggy has the same problem as Ryan…they can’t say no to our cute kids.  So, it turned into quite a shopping spree, complete with sunglasses and hair accessories.  I am very glad I sent her with a coupon!  Then they went out to dinner and saw Ice Age 4.  It was quite the fun afternoon for them!

 Clothes from the shopping spree...

Saturday the 4th was Ainsley’s party at the lake and the weather was awesome!  Super sunny, but a little warm.  We took a boat ride and it was so hot that I thought a nice jump off the rope swing would be fun.  Jenisa and I went and thankfully, we didn’t have to call the medics.  Jenisa fell in the rock, but came away with just a small gouge in her leg.  I had fun doing back flips :o). 
Ainsley had a good time playing with the cousins and neighbor, Cami.  I think they were out in the water all day, but we did manage to get her out for presents and cake.  It was fun to see everyone one last time before we headed out the next day.

The weekend we got back to Livermore, we had a party at the Robert Livermore Community Center Pool.  It is the first year we have had a party there with her friends and it was really poor timing with our move.  We were right in the thick of it and it was quite amazing that we were able to pull everything together.  It was actually a nice break and the girls ended up staying to relax at the pool long past the end of the party :o).  She was surrounded by her best buds and had a great time doing what she loves most, swimming!

 We love you Ainsley for who you are:
The giggly girl who we often have to ask to stop laughing
The sweet motherly girl who loves on little ones and her babies
The girl who has to have her hair just so
The little teacher who may just be a teacher one day
The girl who gives up her juice to make K stop crying
The athletic girl who wants to do everything
The girl who needs her hugs and cuddles
The girl who loves to dance and sing to her Kidz Bop and church songs
What a diva, but don't too close to those pits....she's a stinker