Hi! Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while. I swear I tried but between me locking myself out of my laptop (I blame the computer) and having to endure a two-hour drive to Manzanita with Doc, (who screamed for 99.99999% of the drive), there hasn’t been much time for peace and quiet. Wait, you went on a two-hour drive?, you ask. And what was that about Manzanita? That’s right. I went on vacation!

My grandparents, uncle, parents, siblings, and I went to Manzanita. Doc had having a blast! From picking up shells, to running away from freezing water, to yelling at 5:00 AM in the morning because he was just too excited to start the day, please excuse me if you see a typo. I am still half asleep. In our rented beach house there was an arcade room with a basketball game, foosball, and a few video games.

Every day we went to the beach. At first sand was on Doc’s number one enemy list, but now he loves building sand castles, making wet sand, and flinging it at people while digging for treasure.

It was also my Uncle’s birthday a few days ago! He is a pizza-making, game-building, prank-pulling master. Doc has loved celebrating birthdays in the past, but nothing compares to the fun he had on this birthday, helping Uncle Jakey unwrap gifts, playing with balloons, being a big help at finishing the desserts, and playing with balloons. OH! And playing with balloons. Doc has a few things to say to Uncle Jakey…

And this is him playing with balloons:

Here are a few more pictures of Doc:

Before this post gets too long I have one more thing to share with you. Doc recently showed how skilled he is a reading!

I would just like to note that the book that Doc was holding was a parenting novel owned by my parents

-Grace

P.S. As a challenge, my Aunt and Uncle gave my family the challenge of creating a video of our vacation and turn it into a mini-movie. The only twist… We got to pretend that we were in Hawaii…