Hoedown, Hamilton & Rocket Building

Fall is in the air and that means the return of the Addison Hoedown.  As a 4th grader, Elsa's class raised money for the spring trip to Coloma through the big bake sale.  She was very excited to make 48 cookies and work the back sale.  The other big part of the Hoedown is the dance.  Liam danced a little, but Elsa loved it.

The weekend fun continued on Saturday with Arne taking Elsa to see Hamilton!  The Girl Scouts of Northern California had a girl scout day at Hamilton.  They had a lot of fun.

While they were at Hamilton, Liam was building a rocket at his first Tiger Den meeting for Cub Scout Troop 57.  It was fun to watch him play with all the new cub scout friends.

The weekend was completed with the kids picking out favorite glass pumpkins at the glass pumpkin patch!

Labor Day Weekend at Sea Ranch

We spent Labor Day weekend in Sea Ranch with our good friends the Dumbra family. The drive up the coast was beautiful. We enjoyed stopping in Valley Forge for some awesome cheese, and then continued past Bodega Bay to the lovely community of Sea Ranch, where we rented the Mermaid House. After arriving on Friday night, the first thing Arne did was take Elsa down to the beach to watch the sunset.

Saturday morning we walked to the beach to check out the starfish and collect shells.

In the afternoon, our friends arrived and everyone went swimming at the pool. 

Once again we spent the evening at the beach in the beautiful sunset glow.

Sunday was more fun family time, with big meals all together and it was great to see all our kids together.

The boys played with spinning tops called bey blades.

Sunday night we walked to another beach for a sunset stroll and play in the waves.

It was a lovely and relaxing weekend.