well...wednesday's not too bad...

so. i promised pictures and an update by tuesday. that didn't so much happen. but it's only a day later...not too bad in my book. not as bad as the promised memorial day post...which still hasn't appeared anywhere on this blog. *sigh* it will come. someday. anyways. as previously discussed...we went to the beach last weekend. we drove to the central coast...five hours each way...so that john could get extremely sandy in the pismo dunes. twas great fun. kinda. well...it's not that it wasn't fun...it's just that it was a long way to drive for just two days. next time...we'll havta stay longer. for sure. elijah enjoyed the sand in his toes...i didn't let him play in it too much because it was actually really chilly and windy...he kept getting sand in his eyes...not too comfortable. so we just hung out in the trailer...i read three harry potter books (rereading all six before the seventh comes out...) and just basically chilled. our friends jake and wendy, along with their kids, hannah and austin (who is just two days older than elijah!) came to visit us on saturday night since they only live about a half hour away from the beach. we had a nice visit...though it was too short. hopefully we'll be able to see them again next time we go down. we also got to have lunch with an old friend of mine from capernwray who just happens to live in the area we were at. it was a great time to catch up, meet the husbands and share a great meal. definitely have to do that again.

anyways. here's some pictures from the weekend as well as a few from just these past few days. click on the links below to see a full sized version. enjoy! i'm off to get ready for elijah's party. lots to do...lots to do...

1. sweet smiles, 2. camping..., 3. peek-a-boo, 4. the happy family, 5. close up, 6. momma and baby at the beach, 7. yum...toes!, 8. naked bum