5th birthday last month!!!  Started morning with our special red dishes from Grandma!

McDonald's Birthday lunch while on a hike....seriously, doesn't get much better for a 5 year old boy!

 The views here never get old!

We love October!

 On the 9th day with no water....

(3 of them when my mom was visiting!)

 been a little boys paradise!  

 This kid has actually been helpful!  

Has worked so hard!  Will tomorrow be the day....??????

 Oh my boys!  =)

 Dangerous beach!

 Did you know our son is a kick boxer?   

 Yah!  Jumping for joy cuz we all know how much dad loves the beach!  Ha!

Showing muscles or acting like monkeys?  I'll let you decide! 

 We love our family trip to the dunes!  So amazing as you come to the end of this trail and it opens to the vastness of SAND.  EVERYWHERE!!!!!

 Those little legs hung in there!

Learning how to "bound"...liked it so much that we had to keep looking for more dunes to climb, 

or re-climb! 

 How cute are these two guys!?

 First official introduction to pac-man.  

And I think both of these guys could have stayed there all night!

 Grandpa Dick spoiling his grandbabies!

What beats blue ice cream???

 Can we say "excited"?  

 The boy chose a black ball....so funny!

Stayed focused and had a blast!

 In the mornings, high tide gave us only a little area to play

 But afternoons we played in those HUGE waves!

 Thankful for the nice pool and BIG news.....deep end BY HIMSELF!  

Whew, thank you to all of those who he clung to all summer long...

it paid off!  =)

Yah, they look all innocent!  =)