beachy weekend with a shower and a much-needed bath.

wow.  If I could sum up this weekend in a word, thats it.  It has been busy, fun, frustrating, and refreshing.  there is so much I would like to share with you, but most of it must wait until a later day.  Anyway, here are some pictures!  On Friday, my 4's class had its end of the year field trip at Penrose Point State Park.  Apparently the tide goes out so far and you can walk out and find star fish and other sea creatures, but Shea did not last that long, so we left after about an hour and didn't make it very far out on the beach.  He had a lot of fun exploring and getting dirty though!  

Saturday was my soon to be sister-in-law's bridal shower.  Oh dear, did I feel like a fish out of water!  It was in Bellevue, and maybe I've lived in Port Orchard too long, but I was not ready for such a production.  My first inkling was when we drove up to the house and I noticed that they had two little spots for their two little matching mini-coopers.  I walked in, and not only was the immaculate interior decorated like a wedding reception, they had a full bar and catered food with servers.  The house was stunningly huge and I was definitely under-dressed.  I had no idea!  I thought it was a nice day, it would probably be outside, I was going to wear a dress but decided against it because I didn't know what we were doing the rest of the day....so I wore shorts (nicer shorts, mind you), and a tank-top I made.  Needless to say, I would've felt much more comfortable at the church shower.  Anyway, I made a few handmade gifts and as soon as I walked in I was a little worried they would turn their noses up at them, because I was sure everyone else bought things off of her Macy's registry.   

I made one set of tea towels (which much to my relief, no one noticed were handmade.  Probably because I slipped them in with a set of coughwalmartcough dishtowels).

And  a casserole carrier.  This thing was a pain to make, but I'm glad I did in the end!  It had a pyrex dish hiding inside.  The old ladies loved it. haha, of coooourrse.

Afterward, I gave my brother, Kit, a call, and my sister came with us to go visit him and the kids.  I hadn't seen him in months, so it was fun!  The kids got to play in the sprinkler and then afterward we went out to pizza at Zekes by the waterfront in Kirkland.  I love this picture I got of them.

And here is Shea in his swim diaper sticking out his tummy (actually, its just like that all the time).

And here is my sister and Shea being cool in the back seat with their shades.  Cutie-pies.

Today we went up to Indianola (about 45 minutes north of us where Jeremy's parents live) to play on the beach.  The family dog also died yesterday, so they buried her at their property and we had kind of a little dog memorial.  The kids played in the dirt.  I have never let my child get so dirty as he did today.  He had sand, seaweed, blueberry juice, dirt, and snot all over him.  For some reasons days when he needs a really good bath are days I feel like a good mom.  Even though I forgot to feed him lunch, he didn't get a nap, and had a minor meltdown halfway through the day (which was quickly remedied with food and sleep, followed by more food and playing more in the dirt).  Oops.

I finished my evening with a nice long phone call with someone who is as close as a sister and I feel so refreshed and rejuvenated after it.  Wishing you a happy Monday tomorrow!  Hope your week starts off on a good foot and hope you got to enjoy all this beautiful weather we've had so far!