More Ice

Ice was everywhere!! Starting around 11pm on Thursday night we heard the sounds of trees cracking under the pressure of the ice. When the sun rose we watched our neighbors tree tops fall to the ground.






































The amount of ice was amazing. Every leaf was covered in at least 1 inch of ice.









This tree usually stands as tall as our roof - 2 stories. About 1 story has recovered.

Andrew, Joshua and Jacob liked it as long as the lights were on. We had evenings together, read books, and cooked over our fireplace. We felt like "Little House on the Prairie".

More photos.
That isn't snow on our front lawn, but ice.
Our Backyard.

This was the Great Ice Storm of 08. We lost power for 5 days. These pictures were taken 2 days after the storm ended.

There was so much ice, every blade of grass was covered.

Almost all of the trees in our neighborhood were downed or bent.

Family fun

Fun with cousins

We all LOVED having Daddy around.

Aunt Alexia spent a good amount of time increasing her position as most favored aunt.


Grandpa, Issac and Samuel.

Beach Fun II

A few days into the vacation Jonathan and Christian bought a inflatable boat for the kids to use. Jennie had the great idea to tie a rope on the front of it to keep the kids close to shore and also give them a chance for a fun ride!

Jacob loved the smores!

Beach Fun

Andrew had fun with all of his cousins













We built a huge sand castle!
And finished just in time to see the tide
come in and wash it away.






































Samuel enjoyed eating the sand.

Beach views II

We put a swimming pool on one part of the deck for the litle kids to enjoy some warmer water.










It was a fun place to read scriptures in the evening.














Making smores on the beach was a highlight for the younger kids. The kids wore sunglasses in order to not have their eyeballs melt while melting the marshmellows.

Views of the beach

The beach was awesome, we were right there, twenty feet away.

The kids could wake up in the morning and head on out with one of the uncles.

Or one of the aunts

We also loved sitting on the big deck overlooking the ocean.

Sea Creatures!

Take a peak at this full grown crab!

If you look hard there is a crab in all that seaweed.

Sand pails make the best crab habitat.

Jacob found this stingray in the tidal pool.