Day in the woods

We decided to go for a hike at Fall Creek the other day. Ocean did not want to ride in the pack, so we got to carry her for about four miles. We hiked in to the limb kilns and hung out for a snack, then headed home for a much needed nap.

Surf's Up

Ocean got her first wet suit or in her words "suitcase" a few weeks ago. She loves it!! She was practicing in the livingroom.

WIPE-OUT!!

Today we CELEBRATE our beautiful OCEAN who is turning 2!! We actually did the party think on Sunday at a nearby park complete with grilling and homemade ice cream - southern style!! I helped Grammy make this very fun "Ice Cream Cone" themed cake complete with ice cream cone shaped bowls to eat the homemade ice cream out of. It's fun turning 2!!

For her second birthday, Josh took O for her first motorcycle ride. And, of course, she kept asking for MORE!

Easter

Thanks for the dresses Grammy! Everyone loved our "Southern Belles."

Oh please, let there be something inside like...

...Candy!!! I realized after the weekend that we had been to three parties - one each day and every party had cupcakes and candy. This, of course, meant that once Ocean ate the cupcake, she was too full to eat the meals that came after. I believe she ate more sugar that weekend than she has her whole life. She was a bear every morning. Josh and I kept saying "is this the whole '2' thing?" I now believe it was the sugar!!!

There's a party going on right here...

We were invited to a party at our nextdoor neighbors house, complete with decorations, great food, bubbles, eggs to dye, cute party favors, and of course lots of sugar! We had a great time as six of MS's children attended (along with their family members). I have always felt blessed to be apart of this community and that only keeps growing as we now enter into the younger part of this community. Tomorrow we will all gather on the front lawn for the annual Easter potluck including an egg hunt for the kids...more pics to come.

This party was complete with Bunny Cupcakes! Yum-my!

Thank you Grammy for the fun hat and jacket! We love it all!

Bobo Get A Haircut

Bobo's hair was getting out of control so Ocean and I decided it was time to give him a haircut. We thought a mohawk seemed appropriate. The only thing is that now when O sees Bobo, she grabs her hair and says "I want haircut." I have this bad feeling that one day she will get a hold of some scissors and try it on herself...

Farewell Millers!

We finally had to say good-bye to the Millers! After almost six years, two camps, and many Thanksgivings I'm not sure I really thought this day would come. The Millers have been there since the beginning of "J and R" - what can we say...they are our family away from family. We have been blessed to be their neighbors and look forward to being their "Come-to-Visit Friends!" Wahoo!! Bring on the Rain! Of course we expect to see them back down here to visit as well.

Thank you Millers for the wonderful memories!!!

To the Flea Market...

About a week ago we experienced our first flea market sale. A few of us from MS went in together and bought a spot to sell our stuff (junk). Our friend took some great pics but we can't get them off her phone so this one will do. Of course, you don't get to see all the great junk we were selling. The best part was as we were unloading- the sun wasn't even up yet, other sellers where hovering as we set things up wanting to buy things off of us. Josh was going to buy a sleeping bag from one of our fellow MS sellers and someone came up wanting to buy it. Being the nice guy Josh is, he told the guy that he could buy it and stepped back. Later that morning, we saw the same guy up the row selling the bag for $2 more. Let's hear it for self-made entrepreneurs!
p.s. Jeff, if you see this picture, Cathy wasn't really there!

The New Addition to the Family

Meet the newest addition to the Anderson Family... Bobo. Amazingly enough, Bobo's hair grows about 1/2 inch EVERY DAY!! Apparently we ("the proud owners") are supposed to cut and style Bobo's hair as we create an "image" for him. A big shout-out to Aunt Meg for sending her Chunky Monkey a chunky monkey.

Meg's Wedding Cake

I finally got a hold of a picture of the cake I did for my sister's wedding. For those of you who were so kindly interested...here it is! It was quite a bit more work than anticipated due to some oven issues, but I'm pleased with the way it turned out.

The New Work Schedule

As some of you may or may not know, Josh and I started a new work schedule on Monday. For about 6 weeks to 3 months, we will both be working part-time and staying home with Ocean part-time. I (Robyn) am working in the mornings in the Main Office at camp to fill in for the regular office manager who is out on sick leave. Josh and I swap at 12:30pm and he heads off to his regularly scheduled maintenance stuff while I then stay home with O. We have actually joked about doing this since Ocean was born and now here we are with the chance to do it for a short time. I must say I am in heaven right now as I go to work with adults in the morning, come home just as Ocean is going down for her nap, hang out with O for a few hours on my own and then Josh comes home. For the next few weeks, I don't have to think about what to feed anyone for breakfast or lunch - whaooo! And not to mention the great opportunity this is for Josh and Ocean to have some great one on one daddy/daughter time.
But I must say, the best part is when I am leaving for work and Ocean says "work mommy?" i say "yes." Then she says, "kiss?" and puckers her lips as she lays a wet one on my face, and then says, "hug?" with her arms open wide. I never really got that before...I was never going anywhere without her.

Ana Nuevo State Park

On Sunday, we ran up the coast with some friends to Ana Nuevo State Park to see the elephant seals. Despite the dreary weather we had a great time hiking the trails and hanging out with the seals. We were able to get about 25 feet from a few of them. Most of them were "night-night" as Ocean would say. Being that it was past season, we did not get too much action between the seals. The females were very tired and had lost 1/3 their body weight from giving birth and nursing the past four weeks; and not many males were left. Mostly we saw "weaners" - those pups that had finished nursing and had "weaned" themselves from the mothers.

For those of you who haven't visited in awhile, we want to take you there when you come!!!