The girls went to Bible Camp with Grandma and then pretty much played outside all day long.
In the garden….
Climbing the tree….
Swinging in the tree….
And talking to Mama when I missed them too much.…
And helping around the house….
Dear Kyla and Piper, I am SO glad you are back home with us! Welcome home, loves.
Kyla and Piper are at Grandma and Grandpa K’s house this week to go to Bible Camp down there.
That meant that Wesley and I got the whole week together! But I didn’t bring out m
y camera until today.
We spent this afternoon at Redmond Town Center so I could do a few errands. But it was a sunny day so Wesley got to play in the fountain with all the other half-naked, fully drenched children.
But a quick flashback from three years ago when Kyla was almost 2. (Piper would have been about 6 months old.)
And Wesley today. I like how he is also getting a belly bath! 
Wesley was a little standoffish at first, content to watch the other kids before he jumped in.
But then he jumped, belly first!
I think he liked it.
We actually did a project in a weekend. (Instead of the usual 1-5 years that we usually prefer.) It’s hard work, so Piper packed up a lunch for Daddy (and extra for her and Kyla) and brought it out for an impromptu picnic. Thanks, Pipes!
Kyla added her touch to the day by giving both Dwayne and I fern-tails. Personally, I like the look.
Looks even better on Dwayne!
The project? Just redo the brick patio on this side where we used to have the garden. No pictures of the completed project, but it’s done.
This was one of those times you hope for when you have children. Dwayne stayed at the cottage so Wesley could nap while I took Kyla and Piper to the beach. We held hands while jumping over waves. We splashed and ran and then warmed up in the sand. The girls destroyed my [incredibly well sculpted] sand castles as quickly as I could make them. I buried them in sand and gave them mermaid tails. What a fun afternoon!
Our good friends, Keith and Rochelle, had a timeshare condo (with an amazing beachfront view!) just a few minutes from our cottage. They showed us this great park.
Have you ever seen a slide like this?
And Wesley seems so much older than a 1.5 year old to me!
The boys loved the swings—the unordinary attribute of these common swings is how high they go. Even us over 5 crowd loved them.
The girls conquered these funny monkey bars. Piper was particularly nimble on them.
Lots of climbing. Lots and lots of climbing.
Hi, Daddy!
But we enjoyed our family time playing miniature golf anyway. My parents joined us and they got to chase after Wes while Dwayne and I took the girls on bumper boats, which may have been the best fun we had while spinning in uncoordinated circles.
