My favorite pic from Ocean Shores

OOPS AGAIN! I forgot one of my favorite pictures.. sorry, this picture uploading has had it moments when its gone fast and times I have had to try 4-5 times...UGH!

Anyways, as promised, all the men in my life....together in the ocean.

Merlino Company Picnic

After spending time at Papa's on Saturday for a birthday party, we were off to Lake Sammamish on Sunday for Ben's company picnic. It was fun and the kids spent most of the time in the water. Benjin and Chaser were like little fish with their life jackets. We have been in swim lessons for the last few weeks, they are starting to really enjoy it. Dalton and Casey were pretty adventurous with the water slide and diving board.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weather... truly beautiful!

Ocean Shores pictures

Okay so the pictures were having trouble uploading, I'm giving it another shot! sorry for the delay in trying again.

Up next pictures of the kids and Daddy swimming in Lake Sammamish for his company picinic.

Ocean Shores together

Well, I'm gonna try this pic posting part. We took off to the ocean onthe 5th of July. It was a great time. Its been a while since we went somewhere as a family. Daddy works a lot between our OEM company and his regular job at Gary Merlino. The day turned out to be pretty nice. It was raining on our way down, I laughed and told Dalton and Casey, at least this trip wouldn't be easy to forget... raining on the way to the ocean in July!
Casey and Daddy went out there a ways in the ocean together. He showed her how fun it was to jump the waves and keep walking.She was happy to see it doesn't get that deep very quickley. The younger 2 had fun just playing in the sand and waiting for the waves to finally catch them. Everyone in this family is so facial expressive (get that from me, duh! LOL!) Dalton is just growing up so fast. He walked the beach alone and then sang and did a little dance here and there... there was never a dull moment. (never really is) It was fun to see everyone laughing and having fun together.
I will include my favorite pic of the day, I caught all 4 of the men in my family holding hands together while standing in the water. It was to help Benjin and Chaser not be scared, but to this mama and wife, it was so much more. I hope they always find a way to come back to each other and be linked with their hearts forever. (mushy I know..sorry)

Lets get this thing started !

Hi everyone!
Well, so funny to get an email stating my dear sister-in-law was doing a family blog, I started one for my cards, scrapbooking and any other fun little projects I make. I think I will keep these two seperate. I think this is a great way to just keep the pics going and the fun daily adventures up to date.
I am going to try and upload some pictures of our last few adventures and see if I can figure this thing out!
Look forward to hearing from you all!
Brandy