Carson wants a Pillow!

For the past week Kristin and family have been vacationing with Casey's family in a beach house on the Oregon Coast. They have been having a fabulous time, enjoying the sand, water and chasing sea gulls. The twins have slept in their pack & plays in the same room and have done very well, taking 3-4 hours naps after having so much fun playing at the beach. The room where they are sleeping has bunk beds. Carson has become capable of climbing out of his crib, both at home and the pack & play. When Kristin went in to check on them before she went to bed, she learned that Carson had crawled out of the pack & play, got the bed pillow off the bunk bed, threw the pillow into the pack & play, crawled back into the pack & play and was peacefully sleeping on the pillow. I guess he had a need, and met that need all by himself, without disturbing anyone, including Ruby!

Nanny Rach comes to visit Grammy Julee

Kristin and her family were going to a beach house in Oregon with Casey's family for a week, so I invited Nanny Rach to come visit me and have some much needed R&R. When she arrived she told me her camera had broken last week so I gave her my camera and told her to take whatever pictures she wanted. These are a selection of what she saw and what meant enough to her to photograph.

The very first thing Rachael said to me was "You don't know how much I LOVE the beach!" This was a perfect place for her to relax and unwind.

Rachael took several walks on our beach. Cruise ship leaving Seattle on the way to Alaska as seen from our deck.

Rachael has never been on a ferry so we went across and went shopping in Bellevue. She was so helpful to me with shopping, and I believe she enjoyed the trip back on the ferry. The trip across in the morning was NOTHING. There was so much fog you literally couldn't see anything! Thankfully, it cleared up for the ride home and she got these photos.

Mt. Rainier is visible in this photo -- barely.

These last two shots were taken from the ferry as we were coming into Bainbridge. The sun was beginning to set. It looks like diamonds on the water!