Exploring the sea

This morning we got up "early" to get to the tide pools at low tide. The low tide time was 8:42 but the lowness was only .8 so it wasn't very low. I'll have to coordinate our vacation with low tide next time!

We still found lots to look at: crabs of all types, colors and sizes; sand fleas, tons of anemones, a bright orange sea star (thanks dad!) and a nudibranch.

Line of anemones in a crack. Jo's hand next to his fun find. 

After tide pool exploration, we got lunch and headed to the other side of the breakwater to rent some kayaks. All the kids were super excited after our experience at Easter.

Sy rode with me. 

Grandpa and Jo

Grandma and Ky

Scott and Kik (though the k's switched when he rowing got tough and the tough needed to get rowing :)

And can you tell from this photo that Sy is actually just laying down in our boat and relaxing!?!

After a pleasant trip out of the harbor and a crazy punt of exercise to get back,

we hung out on the sand and built castles and played a volleyball-ish game but the kids morphed it into SOCCER, of course.

Back at the house, we started dinner (my first time cooking in an over the range convection  oven) while the kids went back in the pool,

played table tennis, and billiards.

Dinner turned out to be fine to my surprise. 

Later that night after heading out to the beach for a bit,

 we further exhausted ourselves with round robin (run around the table) table tennis.

It was super fun and some strangers joined in the game though I'm pretty sure thy thought we were crazy. (: