Deception Pass Vacation (Days 4 & 5)...

DAY 4 (Tuesday):
We headed down to the beach bright and early on Tuesday morning.  After three full days with Grandpa Jim, Jack decided that he had to be where ever Grandpa "Jeeeem" was.  It was the first thing out of his mouth in the morning and continued on until late into the evening...

Emily scored some beautiful sea shells on the beach...

 Emily found her way back to Auntie Jenny and they made a master piece of a sand castle...

 Around noon Grandma Emily and Uncle Mike drove out to visit with us...

 We ate a big lunch down at the beach and then headed back up to the camp ground to start some crafts.  The BIG craft of the day was painting beach rocks...

 Staying true to the Moore in me, my dad and I briefly entertained a paint war....

 When the laughter finally subsided we got back to painting and finished up the last of our rocks...

Uncle Mike and Jack did some exploring...

While Charlie was entertained in the "red neck play pin"...

Grandma Emily and Uncle Mike made their way home soon after and we settled in for the night around the campfire...

Charlie figured out how to work the stereo and played "Captain Zoom" one hundred thousand times...

...and I attempted french braiding for the first time on Emily's hair.  It was far from perfect but this little Rapunzel was thoroughly impressed...

 

My dad set up these "fancy" camping lights all around the canopy.  They looked mighty festive but hung a little low.  You would think that I would have started ducking after getting caught in them a few times but it took about FIVE times of ripping my hair out and laughing until my belly ached to finally scoop a little lower while I was plating up my food...

Charlie tried out the Cougar outfit just before dark.  All of the kids have sported this outfit at sometime or another.  I waited just a little too long with Charlie.  The poor little guy's thighs were bursting through the sides and the legs fit more like shorts than pants....

DAY 4 (Wednesday)...

On Wednesday my dad, Patti and Bryan all went fishing for the day while Auntie Jenny and I took the kids into town for the day.  When we arrived home we were all famished so we fixed up a fancy taco dinner with all of the fixings you could imagine.  Camping with motor home and trailer people means fancy food and very few hot dogs...

 

The craft for the day was painting...

...and we even found a fancy spot to hang our art work...

Emily decorated Daddy's hat...

 

Then we all settle in for the evening...

Two more perfect days... we had no idea what we were in for that night....