august 1

what a day!  it started at 4am!  that's right.  at 4am my roommate gavin awakened for the day.  it was 7am in cincinnati after all.  worse yet, we pretty much woke up the entire house by using the bathroom. eek!  so, we got an early start :)  i got in a run and anastasia hit the gym.  it felt good to run my old route.  it was crazy to feel how cold it was though.  just another pacific northwest morning for you... nevermind the fact that it is AUGUST!!

we had breakfast and somehow managed to get the kids and ALL of our stuff loaded up in the acura for our drive to whidbey island.  it was quite a sight!  the kids were surrounded by pillows, bags, food, beach gear, etc.  they managed pretty well, and we had a nice drive.  we arrived on whidbey just in time for a nice outdoor lunch in langley, and then we headed over to freeland where we would be staying for the weekend.  the cabin was nothing special, but completely met our needs and was in a great location - right across the street from the beach!  i was very excited to be back on whidbey island. it's such a great little place and one i had hoped to return to, and now here i am!

we spent the afternoon getting settled and enjoying the sunshine at the beach.  i was a little surprised at how warm it was.  i wasn't even sure we'd be able to do any swimming, but all the kids did get in the water and had tons of fun splashing around and looking for shells.  anastasia and i were even able to have a few relaxing moments sitting in the sand.  brooke and hanna are super happy to be at the beach together, and gavin is introducing hudson to his love of all things super heroes.  they make a pretty good dynamic duo :)