Rocks and beach and bike parade, oh my!

Phew!  We made it!  We spent the 4th of July out at the Oregon coast camping with family.  We all had a fun time.  Miss April spent a lot of her time becoming a Junior park ranger, and she even earned her first badge.  They had programs and activities where she learned some things and completed or answered questions.  I was so glad to see her get so excited about it.  Aric loved spending his time going back and forth between the camps on his tricycle.  He sure liked having Grandma and Grandpa around.  Aaron liked to spend most of his time climbing the trees (which he wasn't really supposed to be doing per park rules, sigh), and sitting by the campfire.  I think everyone had a nice time.

These are the rocks that April made.  All she did was put googly eyes on them and we had some instant camping friends!  They also made great napkin and paper weights.  So fun!

Our campsite was a cozy little place.  Having a trailer of our own was so nice!  Aaron is on his bike and Daddy and Andy were sitting there watching him.



Little Aric sitting and enjoying a popcicle.





It was finally nice enough one day to go to the beach.  As a side note it was pouring down rain when we arrived at the campground on Thursday evening.  Here is Daddy and Aric.  That boy is by Daddy's side any chance he can get.



I just love this one.  It speaks for itself.



Aric is flying Grandpa's kite.  It was pretty funny because the kite was pulling so much that Aric thought he had to walk forward while he held it, so Grandpa is here trying to hold him in one place.  He loved flying the kite.



The wind made it just a little too chilly to sit in a wet swimsuit. 



I tried getting all 3 to look at the camera.  This is the best I got.  I love being at the beach with my family.  I can't wait to take them all again.



There was a little pile of sand next to us and Aric would run and land on the pile of sand, he thought that was the funnest thing.  Here he is saying "oh!" when he landed.  So cute!



The campground had a 4th of July bicycle parade for the kids on the 4th.  They got to decorate their bikes and parade around the whole campground.  It was so fun and the kids loved decorating their bikes.  Aric wasn't in the parade but we decorated his tricycle a little too.  Here's his tricycle all decorated with "sparkler's" and a red star.



Here is Miss April.  She did a great job.  It turned out really cute, and she even decorated her helmet with flag napkins.



Aaron with his bike.  We just kept adding stuff until it was time for the parade at noon.  It was pretty funny.  We even came home with all the decorations still on the bikes.




Here's the parade!  April is right there in the center waving hi.  And you can see me to the left with the brown jacket.  I think Aaron was already out of this picture.



There's Aaron, zooooom!  And, some kid who smiled really good on the right there.



There's April!  zooooommmm!

And then there's me.  With my one balloon, and some streamers in my spokes.  Woohoo!  It was a fun ride after all.

Makes me happy!