Hi there fam!!!
Requests have been pouring in for updated posts from The Laney Family Blog, so I guess I had better get a move on! One of these days I am going to have my life under control and I'll be able to do all the things that I keep putting off, in the meantime I'll try to keep the fam updated on the who, what, when, where and why of daily life in the Laney fam!
All of our hard work (mostly Gary's - he is a one-man demo team!) and efforts have paid off on the Shaker house in Shelter Cove. We spent a weekend there recently with the entire family (except Alex, who had to be a good girl and stay in school at BYU!) and we all worked very hard to get everything cleaned up, organized and put together. Now, whenever we go up there, we can just kick back, relax on the deck and watch the waves roll in...
Kadie and Laney had a blast! Playing mini golf in the driveway and searching for treasure at the beach. Morgan and Cade took Kadie to lunch at The Tea House, where she had a turkey sandwich, hot cocoa and scones, and when the waitress came by and asked if they needed anything else Kadie piped up and said, "Yes. Could you bring me another one of these?" as she pointed to the scone. She loved being treated like a VIP!
Skylar loved being outside. We took her to the beach, where she watched Kadie and Laney play in the sand and search for crabs and starfish in the tidepools. It was windy, and she didn't like the wind but she wanted to keep watching the girls play. When she starts crawling we are all going to be in for a lot of action!
One thing we learned was that when it comes to dining out, you really need to plan ahead. We thought it would be a good idea to get pizza from the little pizza shop at the Lost Coast Inn, but when we got there they were out of dough! Now we have their phone number on the fridge so we can call ahead. We ended up eating macaroni and cheese and a frozen pizza we found in the freezer at the Blueridge house.We also thought it would be fun to go to the marina and get fresh crab, but we found out that the winds had been so strong that the crab boats had not been able to go out for several days, so there was no fresh crab! Luckily, Leisa had brought Rhodes frozen rolls and all the makings for mini pizzas - they were sooooo yummy!
(Last time we were in Shelter Cove we just happened to be at the marina on the opening day of crab season. Here is one of the little treasure we got from our "Crab Man" . Yum-O!)
The drive to Shelter Cove is just gorgeous. Just north of the wine country there are several fields filled with cows, horses and sheep, and there is a sign that says "Elk Crossing". Earlier this year we found out why. There, in the fields on either side of the road were hundreds of elk! Just grazing in the same field as cows and sheep! I haven't seen any of them crossing the road yet, but they are often in the fields.
We're looking forward to lots of fun and relaxing weekends in Shelter Cove this summer. Here is the view from the deck - Are you ready to come to the beach?!?
