Thanksgiving at the Beach

We had such a great time on our Thanksgiving at the Beach vacation! We are so grateful to MomEast and Pedo (MomEast's beloved -- "Pedo" is his own, special grandpa nickname) for providing this wonderful event for all of us as a family -- which they do each and every Thanksgiving. :-) We love you!

And, we are loving the pictures and posts from everyone as they are being added to their blogs/websites. Thank you!

Now that things have settled down a bit (just a bit...), here's another installment of the fun and frivolity had during that week. There will most likely be at least a few posts dedicated to this -- both because it was an AWESOME time and because I have lots of pictures and stories (or at least "snippets") that I want to share. So, indulge me and enjoy...or ignore me and come back later. Your choice. :-)

There have been others posted on the family blogs/sites but here's our "take" on the weird iron monstrosity that was in the water on the beach near 'our' house (where we stayed for the week):

Pedo mentioned that these holes mean that a crab has been there:

In Utah, that would mean a gopher, 'potgut' (I don't know the real name of these rodents), chipmunk, or more unpleasant rodent (rat, probably) had been there.

What we learned when we got there:

D'oh! Well, at least we discovered where we COULD go 'coinshooting' (using the metal detector) -- it was about a 35-40 minute drive to the north. We had a blast!

Some of my other favorite beach pictures:

Pelicans:

Cool, twisted tree in the "inbetween" area:

I love these little birds (the tiny ones, not the seagulls):

Can anybody tell me what causes all those little holes in the shells?

This isn't anyone I know...but I thought it was so cool what these kids were doing! There were three or four kids jumping but this was the only good picture I got of it. :-) So fun:

Scenery that just CAN'T be seen anywhere in Utah (or nearby):

Amazing!

Flying kites (again, nobody we knew...but the kites were nifty!):

The house we stayed in (if you look close, you can see the Zombie in the shadows on the right):

Me (Zombette) at 'our' house for the week (Thanks MomEast and Pedo!):

How we knew we had found the right place when we arrived:

Wii Time (Little DC, MickeySouth, and MovieDude):

Ariel and Cinderella open their musical cards from Nana and Pedo:

What excellent memories we made that week. Thanks to everyone who came for putting up with my 'camera-happy' ways and for making it such a wonderful time. We love you!

More to come! Love Y'all!