A day at the beach

Isaiah and I went to the beach today with my friend Stephenie and her two little ones. Jerel stayed home from work to let in the plumbers for the kitchen, and also to get his not actually broken hand x-rayed, and also because he has a terrible cold. It probably seems un-nice to leave my sick husband home alone while I went to the beach, but honestly I'm sure he got more rest with us gone than if we'd stayed home.

Raelee is 4 years old and she was stuck in the backseat in between the two screamers (Isaiah and Finley) but she was a good sport. You can tell she is used to having a screaming baby around because she sang Isaiah a song and without even taking a breath she started into another song (she's obviously learned that if you pause long enough to breathe it gives the baby enough time to remember he was crying).

It was close to 100 degrees today and was supposed to be around 80 at the beach. In reality it was 60 and windy. We brought jackets for the kids so Stephenie and I wrapped up in towels to keep warm. Just a typical day at the beach in Oregon!

When we got home we had a working faucet in our kitchen (a Delta Touch2O faucet, so cool) and a running dishwasher! Hooray! No more doing dishes by hand in the bathroom sink! Either tomorrow or Saturday the electrician will come by and then we'll have our light fixtures and a working oven/stove which will make our kitchen fully functional, leaving just the ceiling to finish it up. Finally!

See the rest of the beach pics here