Family Picture

Holy crap - I can't believe it! A picture exists, that includes all three of us, just the three of us, and we are all looking at the camera. And no one has their eyes closed (Dan) or is crying (also Dan).



This was from a fantastic weekend we had at the coast a couple of weeks ago. We were on our way from the beach house in Lincoln City to Newport for the morning to visit the aquarium. It was a typical winter coast weekend for the most part, all rainy and cozy, but the sun broke out for a bit and it made for a beautiful morning. And the aquarium? I think that if Will could be adopted by the aquarium people and live there all the time he would. To say that he loved it really doesn't give it credence. He is obsessed with it...he talked nonstop about the BIG SHARK! TUNNEL! SEA OTTER, goes SPLOOSH MAMA!! for about a week and still insists on going to sleep every night with the brochure they handed out at the entrance. He points things out to us on the map..."remember mama? sea lion and hold daddy's hand and touched the star (starfish)" and then clutches it to his chest in a giant hug. I swear the other day I saw him giving it "cuddles and kisses". Yes, the paper brochure. To the aquarium. Total obsession.

Other than that, we spent most of the weekend watching the tide come in and playing frisbee on the beach. Honestly though, I still can't frickin' believe that we actually got a family picture.