Safety First

Seth is doing very well with his new job of safety patrol. I parked near the school this morning hoping to remain "incognito", and for the most part I did. I also wanted to make these pictures into a slideshow but could not do that within the blog post so instead you get one picture at a time -- pity, pity! Anyway....here is Seth bringing out his safety patrol cones and flag.

He has to place the cones to block off one of the lanes, and here he is checking for traffic prior to stepping out to place the cones.
Now he has placed them, but he is not positive if they are where they should be so he is checking with the teacher who is just out of the picture.
Now he is at his post. It looks like he is looking at me, but amazingly, he has not spotted me.
His first student of the day.

Doing his job -- except his right hand is supposed to be out too (we are still working on this). = )

OK, now I'm busted! I would have gotten away with it, but I cleared my throat and he heard that and spotted me. Dang! This look was followed by a "Maaaahhhmmm, what you doing here?!" and then a look that clearly told me he wanted me to go.

It is obviously not cool to have your Mom taking your picture. How dare I?? Later I told him it's my Mom privilege but he's not buying it!

Beach Babes

It's a miracle, but we finally got the entire family, including the dogs, to the beach for a weekend. The weather was beautiful, a little cloudy, but warm and very pleasant. Lacey practiced her golf swing out in the yard. She actually sent one of her hits into the dunes! I'm not good at distance, but I'd guess 75 to 100 feet.

Erik went to the local fish market and bought items for the boy feast. Here's Seth with his dinner. And the boys getting ready to dive in. (It's root beer in the wine glass) :-)Unfortnately, Seth talks big, but he actually only ate the fish, he sent the crab, clams and oysters to Erik instead of trying them. I think he would have liked the steamer clams if he had tried them, but it didn't happen.

On Sunday, it was time to take Lily to the beach for her very first time. She was excited about riding in the truck with the kids but as it turned out she is not very much into the beach. She was a bit of a wuss. She was skittish about the waves coming in, scared to death when she stepped on a piece of beachwood under the sand and the other end popped up, and was not impressed with the fact vehicles are allowed on the beach. Within 15 minutes, she drug Erik back to the truck and begged to get in!Even though Lily was not enthralled with her beach experience, she made up for it by being beautiful! Is this a pretty girl or what?

The kids had a great time playing in the water. They took off running with the pant legs rolled up and enjoyed letting the water swirl around their ankles. You can tell by the lack of coats, that the weather was very nice.

The incoming tide dictated when it was time to head back to the house, we decided getting the truck stuck on the beach is not our idea of fun. On our way back, we drove by this pelican hanging out with the seagulls.

Bowl, Baby, Bowl

Wow! Seth had a great day bowling! During league play, he bowled right around his average -- a 76 and an 82. Then, he wanted to continue bowling by himself while he waited for the other lanes to finish. He bowled an 88, 91 and 115! Typically any games after the third game start to go downhill because he gets tired. But, check this out -- this is his fifth game!

This game would have been way higher, but you can see where he lost the momentum in the 7th frame. He was really on a roll for those first six frames! It would be awesome if he could bowl like this during regionals, I could see him adding a gold medal to his collection. Stay tuned....

Fun at the Beach

We ventured to the beach for Saturday night expecting the weather to be rather drizzly and cool. This picture was taken about 2:00 on Saturday and it was easily shorts and tank top kind of weather.
On Sunday, we had cloudy conditions but it was still quite comfortable. Tenley and Lacey enjoyed riding "the bug".
Lacey insisted on riding this ride, but after it got going, she was not very happy about her decision. DeeDee is definitely thinking twice about it too and Seth is having the time of his life!
Apparently the weather at home was monsooning and downright awful. Looks like we made the right choice!