Oh yeah... we left the boys with Grandma and Papa Phillips. "Mommy and Daddy went to Disneyland and all we got were these stupid t-shirts."
We do try to make sure they have fun times. They get to whale watch in Depoe Bay (no whales were out this day.)
They got to go to the "Touch-a-Truck" activity put on by Lincoln City Parks - they got to climb all over a fire engine, a police car, an ambulance, a search-and-rescue helicoptor, and a garbage truck. Suzanne reports that Carter liked the garbage truck best. He was in the driver's seat turning the steering wheel when the worker raised the dump part. Carter thought he was doing it!
Inside the helicoptor.
Playing at the McDonald's Playplace. We don't like to eat there, but the slides bring us back anyway.
There was a carnival in town with overpriced rides. The boys were really excited to go on the Merry-go-round, so we shelled out six bucks and I got to ride free to keep them on the horses. McKay started bawling before the ride began, but I was thinking, "If I let him get off now, it's three bucks down the drain! Plus he might start to like it, you never know..."
Suzanne took a picture everytime we went around, and they tell a great story: McKay's face got redder and redder, mouth open wider, until this last one. I like to think he started smiling before the end, but this could just be relief that it was over.
And since we're on the subject of riding horses, this was taken on the Saturday before Suzanne's birthday. A friend of mine has horses and was kind enough to lend them to us so I could make up for my dismal lack of thoughtfulness on Mothers' Day. My horse is named Blue and Suzanne was on Desi. We rode up and down Nye Beach for a couple of hours and really had great time.
Hope you all enjoy the pictures.
