Making memories!

Yesterday Nate had a dilemma: go to work or go tide pooling? There are two things we watch closely around here (and it's not the T.V.!) We watch for the days the lakes stock up with fish and low tides. Wednesday just happened to be an extra low tide--which means excellent tide pooling. The low tide happened to be in the morning and the weather looked decent, meaning it wasn't down pouring! Nate was torn between the two choices and I finally suggested doing both! "We'll go tide pooling until lunch and then you can go into work and take a half a day!" I said. So we did! As we drove however the weather began looking worse! The entire drive we kept asking ourselves if we were making the right decision! It started to drizzle and then pour! But as we neared our destination: Boiler Bay it began lightening up and actually when we got out of the car and headed to the tide pools it was sunny and clear! Yay! Well although it was sunny at the time it sure didn't last long! As I sat in the car caring for Caleb for a few minutes the other two kiddos went down with their daddy to begin looking for creatures in the tide pools. The rocks were incredibly slippery. In one experience while I was still up with Caleb Mara turned for a second and did a near head dive into one of the pools! When I caught up with Nate and the kids we saw some incredible sea stars and sea erchants. It was pretty cool to look at. However we had to take baby steps along the rocks or else we would slip on the moss. Just as we were heading to the other side to check out more tide pools it started again to sprinkle. We are Oregonians now, we are used to a little drizzle! But then it began to pour! Nate and I laughed at what bad parents we were! But hey we were giving our kids fun filled experiences and making memories in the meantime! We kept on going for a little while until the kids finally asked "Now can we go home?!" And so we climbed back up the rocky mountain to our car--drenched and dripping with water! But we made some memories today--good or bad I do not know but memories I will never foget!

Sidenote: Ty asked a profound question as we walked drenched in rain water: "Would it have been sunny today if we didn't see the tide pools?" You never know! But the next day: completely clear and sunny! Not a cloud in sight! Oh well!