It has been a busy weekend for the nellnell clan. For the 4th of July we went down to Ocean Shores and stayed at the Quinalt Beach Resort & Casino. We got there about 2pm on Friday and checked into the room, which was actually quite nice. It had an ocean view and a nice view of the sandy beach. The weather was overcast, very windy, and drizzely but it was still pretty packed around town and the beach, which is usual for the 4th. After checking into the room we all walked down to the beach to play in the sand and water. It was pretty windy so that didn't last very long, and we decided to go back to the "tel" and go to "swimmin lessons" at the pool. All 4 of us went swimming and at the end of it we were pretty pruned. After swimming we got something to eat at a local "resraunt" and then back to the tel room to watch the fireworks from our room. It was still a little light outside so McKenna and I walked down to the beach again while Jaime and Lilah stayed in the room so Lilah could eat. McKenna and I watched some of the fireworks from the beach and collected fireworks sticks and rocks for about a 1/2 hour or so. On our way back up to the room we saw a mommy deer and her fawn running across the grass trying to get away from all of the noise. Some nice guy also gave McKenna 3 sanddollars to take home. We watched the fireworks for a little while and then went to bed. I snuck down to the casino, or rather, Jaime let me go down to the casino for a 1/2 hour or so and managed to come back about $73 richer :)

For the rest of the weekend we did a bunch of yardwork and played in the backyard. It seems lately that yardwork is all we've been doing. In case you're behind on what's been going on we've completely redone the front yard and still have quite a bit to do.

In other fronts Lilah might have a tooth popping through and she has found her tongue and can't stop sticking it out at anyone and then smiling profusely until you do it back at her. It's so precious.

Well, we will try to keep you updated on everything else thats going on soon and will be posting some new pictures of the yard and such soon. June's pictures are already posted on nellnell.com, so check them out if you haven't already. I've also uploaded our wedding pics and pics from our Paris vacation if you haven't seen those yet, you should check them out.

Until then, take care...