a fun-filled saturday.

the weather here lately makes you want to be outside...all day.

last saturday we were at the beach by 9:30 a.m.

we started to have gray count his trains before we head to the beach, so none will be lost in the sand.

he knows this and counts them on his own before we leave.

this day, he packed 22 trains...it doubled from our last beach visit.

i wonder what the number will be next time...

our morning was very productive and relaxing.

gray - played with trains

dusty - worked on his next script

kassie - read sarah's key...it's hard to put down

gray, dusty, & kassie - walked along the beach, were on a mission to find jellyfish, and enjoyed the outdoors.

and of course, snacks were eaten.

we usually don't last all that long at the beach - we were home by lunchtime.

dusty decided to wash our car and gray thought he might as well wash his ride while the soap and water were out.

 

abby singer really enjoyed saturday.

she was able to be outside all day with her family :)

a friend stopped by and before he knew it, dusty was washing his car.

that's a perk, right? if you come visit us, you get a bonus free car wash.

 

once all of the cars were washed, it was time for gray to bake a cake.

gray cannot get enough of baking cakes.

i'm not sure if it's the process he loves, eating the cake after, or both, but this boy loves baking.

i took the picture on the left to show mom & dad that gray is using his stool that my dad made - he uses it all of the time...it sure does come in handy.

 

and the picture on the right, do you see the jar on the shelf? that is our memory jar.

and you see the orange golf ball? that is from when the cermak's were here visiting and we went miniature golfing.

i highly suggest a memory jar...it makes me happy when i look at it.

also in the memory jar, our scattergories' papers from christmas :) i snatched those babies up before they were thrown away.

maybe it's being far away from home, but i like to have little bits of north dakota and family memories everywhere.

 

alright, back to our saturday...

gray has shown a sudden interest in star wars.

so, the friend from above (getting his car washed) came to the rescue and let us borrow his collection of star wars dvd's.

we watched the first one. i'm not sure i'll be able to be a fan.