Rhaevyn has been wanting to try a recipe for pretzels that she found in the Friend magazine.
She made them on two separate occasions this week. The little ones loved helping to make and eat them.

Myles got a lesson in welding this week.
He wanted to help Chris on his tinker car. He really enjoyed it.

 

 
 Wednesday afternoon we left to head up to visit Ben and Stacey.
Thursday we decided to head to Mukilteo. The kids really enjoyed walking on the beach there last year.
This year we decided to do what some of us wanted to do last year when we went there.
We bought some fish and chips to eat.................
and ate them on the ferry ride to Whidbey Island.
Myles was very apprehensive about riding the ferry. I think he was worried about what would happen
if the ferry sunk. But about half way to the island he decided that it was really quite a lot of fun.

 

 After arriving at Clinton, Whidbey Island, we boarded a bus for Langley.
The bus transportation was free, and everyone we met was super nice and friendly.

The kids enjoyed walking the shore at Langley and searching for shells.
The tide was out.
Elsa thought the sand was very "sticky."
Myles had quite a collection of shells going on. He had to decide on just two.
Rhaevyn found a dead fish, and the kids thought the teeth were fascinating.
Then it was time to head back to catch the bus back to Clinton.

 

  For the ferry ride back to Mukilteo, we decided to go up on the observation deck.
It was so beautiful out. The sun was shinning and a breeze was blowing.
Once we got off the ferry we headed over to get some soft serve ice cream.
It was a wonderful day spent together.

 

Ben and Stacey's backyard was very entertaining for Myles. He enjoyed spending his time hunting for and trying to catch frogs and tadpoles. He was in heaven.
He came home with one frog, one tadpole, and one froglet. He just released the frog in our strawberry planter and then we put the froglet and tadpole in a container of water within the strawberry plantar.

Saturday, Ben and Chris went to a VW show, and then that afternoon we had bbq'd spiral hot dogs and cupcakes for Christopher's birthday.
As always, we had a wonderful time visiting with Ben and Stacey, and we had a great day adventure on the ferry.