D.C. Temple 2009

While Shaun had some time off we decided to take the kids to the D.C. temple. The boys love going on the nature walk behind the temple. So here is a photo journal of the trip =)


They were really interested in some small bug on the sidewalk.


Shaun thinks this is the funniest picture! He loves the boys taking off behind me. He thinks its a glimpse of life to come. (Me trying to coral three boys!)

Camden being super sweet giving daddy loves ;)

You can't see it, but there is a baby deer in the middle. We have never actually seen live "nature" on the ten billion times we've walked this trail, but this time there were five deer. Shaun thought he should walk up to the deer and take their pictures. The only big animals I've had experience with (bears and moose) you don't walk up too! Shaun insisted it would be fine. I, however, was not convinced.

Cool picture of the glowing spire.

I didn't realize the kids are all wearing blue... They were being so sweet - holding hands and looking for animal prints in the mud. Fun times!

There are two places along the trail were these tree pieces are layed out. The boys love them. They line up on them, jump on them, and are basically just silly!

Looking for nuts and paw prints.

Shaun in charge of the camera...

Anyways, fun times! We love that our children already love to go to the temple. We love that we live close enough to drop by the temple just to walk around the outside or take a quick look at a new exhibit in the visitor center.

Bethany Beach

This is the first time we've gone to the "big beach" (the ocean) as a family. We had lots of fun together! The boys loves wading out into the water with their Dad! Shaun would hold them firmly by the arm(someone looking at them would think they were in big trouble by the way Shaun was holding them!) so they wouldn't wash away when the wave came in. One wave came in a bit higher than Shaun was expecting. It completely took Shaun and Keenan out! Shaun and Keenan went from feet just barley wet to drenched with sand in their hair in about a minute! It took Keenan a few minutes before he went in again =) Camden mainly hung out on the towel. The boys would bring Camden a bucket of water then Camden would fill up a water shooter and spray everyone within shooting distance with a twinkle in his eye ;)

All in all it was a great relaxed day. Snacks on the beach, family time, sand castles and water fun!

Boys playing with water shooters!

Ha Ha! love the way this pict looks. The boys running to shaun. Shaun looking at a huge wave coming in!

Keenan getting sandy.

Elek being a turtle.

Raspberries!

My sister and I went to Larriland to pick strawberries, but the pickins were slim :( Someone mentioned the raspberries had opened up that day to pick. My sister and I went down to check them out. The berries were so plentiful they begged us to pick them! All we had to do was walk up to the bushes and pick them off. There was no searching just taking the ones on top. The raspberries were bigger than the strawberries we came to pick! They were so yummy! We ended up with 13pounds!!! Four batches of jam and still about five pounds for eating!

Raspberries?!?! What raspberries? =)