The Kocas come to O-town!

We had a wonderful week-long visit with a house full when Grandma, Grandpa, Julia and Katie came to visit for week. We celebrated went to the Pirate's Dinner Adventure, celebrated Father's Day & went Bowling, took a boat-trip for the day to Disappearing Island and, of course, never missed a day at the pool (even if it was only for a couple of hours...the temps that week were in the 100s!)

Pirate's Dinner Adventure...a pirate picked Ashley out of the crowd during the pre-show for a little participation....


Cassie making her "pirate face"











Father's Day and Bowling. Cassie got a strike. Ashley and Grandpa did not. But, Ashley still beat Grandpa...that's what counts. We all should have been nicer to him since it was Father's day....but the scoreboard proves we were not...
















Our boat trip to the Intercoastal was overall...an adventure. When we got out on the water, it was high tide. The water was gorgeous and blue. The dolphins were swimming. There were no wakes from big boats to jump (it was a Thursday morning). We found a great place to park where we had Disappearing Island to ourselves (almost). Things then took a slight turn...We found a gash in the boat from taking it off the trailer too hard. The tides started going out so we had to keep moving and re-anchoring. 4 dogs showed up with the only other people on the island and tried eating our food and pooped by our stuff. But, the water was warm, the breeze was cool, the kite was flying high and we were having fun. Then, the tides continued going out. And, we tried to leave. And, the water took control of the boat and we beached ourselves on a sandbar and Ashley sliced open her thumb on the gash in the boat. No wonder Cassie and Katie zonked out on our cruise back home! It was a GOOD adventure...in spite of what Grandpa may say... (just look how happy we are in the pictures!)


















Fun at the pool!! With Julia and Katie's help, Cassie finally overcame her fear of her power wheels truck. So, every morning, they loaded up the truck with the pool toys and supplies and cruised around the block for a swim!