Stinson Beach

When we were trying to come up with things to do when Grandma and Tory came to visit, it occurred to me that Tory had never seen the ocean. The ocean/San Francisco is about 3 hours from us, so we decided to make a day trip. We finally got there after weaving around and around the mountains and forest, which were pretty, but weren't the beach. It was cool and cloudy and misty, not at all what we had anticipated, although Steven did, so some of us had jackets. It was the ocean though, and Tory loved it. Emma was not so fond of it. She much more enjoyed playing in the sand, and then got hungry enough she decided to eat it until Daddy just took her to the car. Next time, in a very long time, that we go back, we will just make a day of it...and try to come more prepared...with food, more towels, etc.

This is the beach?

Tory in the ocean.

I found your foot, Daddy.

Foggy day at the beach, and in the mountains.

Building/destroying sandcastles with Daddy.

 Sorry about the blurry pictures...I didn't realized my lens was getting wet.

Walking to see the water.

Looking at the water with Mom.

I guess it's ok if you are holding me.

No, I don't like it!!! Mom, hold me!! Take me back to the sand!

Chilling with Grandma, far away from the water.

More fog.

Playing with the sand...before eating it.

Finding Daddy's leg.

Silly girl.

She may have eaten a little sand, and gotten it every where else all over her.

"Toey"

Grandma Joy and Aunt Tory came to visit last week, and they left today to go back home. We had a good visit, filled with lots of Emma and new things to explore. Since we have moved, Emma has been pretty much stuck with me and Steven, so anytime someone comes to visit, we are automatically chopped liver. The first couple days Emma spent lots of time with Grandma, and wanted Grandma to hold her and read her books. Then she switched, and decided that she liked Aunt Tory, or "Toey" as Emma says. Last night as I put her to bed, she just kept saying, "Toey. Toey. Toey." I think Emma may have found a new best friend. :) And Tory was very good with her, chasing her around, reading her books, playing hide-and-seek. What else could a girl want?

"I like Aunt Toey."

Emma and Grandma Joy

Playing night-night, with the doll Emma apparently named "Grace."

Reading a High-lights book.

New house: with stuff, and Emma

Sorry for not uploading these sooner. But here are a couple of pictures of our house with our stuff in it, just the downstairs. Emma is asleep now so I can't take any in there, and our room is not finished yet. And I included some of Emma, too. :) She was so cute today: She sometimes goes potty by herself, (not actually, just pretends) and knows enough to put her diaper in the trash can and sit on the potty. But today she also put her skirt and one shoe in the trash can. She walked out with only a shirt and one shoe on. Then later, I heard her get frustrated, and as she has been taught, she went all by herself to go sit on the step to calm down. But when she noticed I was watching, she decided to stand on her head. Also, she read to herself to night...a lot, out loud...and apparently the Dr. Suess book she was reading was hilarious, because she couldn't stop laughing at it. She was just plain old adorable this afternoon. I love those times. :)

Living room from front door

Living room from stairs

Emma loves playing with her blocks Grampy Loha! And she is fabulous at cleaning them up, too!

She looks too old here, with her backpack on...she is not even 2!

Covered up in lots of blankets, playing nite nite while Mom cleans her room.

Dining room, yay!

Office space, yay!

New house: Empty

We have had a busy week. We got our stuff one week ago today, and have been unpacking and getting settled while Steven's parents came for a visit. Oh, and getting faster internet! The pictures I am posting today are from before we got our stuff...I will post finished ones later, after I clean up. :) There are a LOT of pictures. Before we got our stuff, we thought the house looked nice, but wondered how our stuff would fit. Once our stuff got in we felt like the house seemed bigger because our stuff actually fit and it wasn't too crowded. It is nice to have so much space. 

Emma holding a (new) plunger while watching Toy Story in the hotel.

Living room taken from front door.

Living room taken from opposite corner. 

Entering from the front door, stairs on right, kitchen on left, dining room at back.

Kitchen.

Dining room.

Dining room/office area.

Laundry room taken from hallway.

Laundry room taken from opposite corner.

Back patio

View from back patio

Master bedroom as you enter.

Master from opposite corner.

View from master bedroom.

Emma keeping busy while we chill out in an empty house.

Pepper scoping things out.

Sunset from master.

Emma taking a Sunday afternoon nap in Grandma's lap.

Trying to cook in this kitchen will be interesting.

Keeping cool in her pool.

Relaxing after a busy day.

Daddy's garage.

One of those days

Well we finally get out of this hotel room tomorrow morning! Today was a rough day...Emma was pretty fussy all day for some reason...until we had Boston Market for dinner that is. We found one on our GPS and we may have had it two days Ina row. It was delicious and besides the marshmallows she stole off of my sweet potato casserole, it was much healthier than what she ate for lunch: Doritos dipped in sour cream. (I had tried to feed her taco salad.) She had two naps and didn't want to eat anything I offered her...I think she is as tired as we are (and Pepper) of being in this hotel room. Anyway, I do have some pictures of her, you know, playing with the plungers we bought for the new house, but I will have to wait to upload them until we get Internet Thursday afternoon. I will also hopefully have pictures of our house! Until then we will be offline.