Life with the Conleys

Clamming has been on my "to do" list since moving to Washington five years ago. So this year for my birthday, Josh took a few days off work and we went to Long Beach, WA to clam. There is only one low tide per day open for digging, and the days we were there it switched from the evening to the morning tide. We got into town in the afternoon, went clamming that night, and then woke up the next morning and headed back to the beach for some more. It was so much fun and we all really enjoyed ourselves. The only down side was that we didn't actually get any clams... I'm not sure if the tides weren't quite low enough or if the place we went had already been heavily clammed, but we got skunked. We will have to give it a go again soon because it's probably even more fun if you actually get clams.  Once we arrived we checked into our rental and went straight to the beach. The path from our rental to the ocean went through a wooded area and then dunes. There had be...

Early in March we had a birthday party for Eli. We had it a few weeks early because my parents and sister were in town and he wanted to have them at his party. His party was crazy and loud and he had a fantastic time. He has 11 first cousins and 10 of them were able to be there. He really loves his cousins. Getting a picture with everyone smiling proved to be impossible, but this was the whole motley crew (minus my sister who was taking the picture) Grandma and Grandpa Cousin Alice Opening presents! He loved all his presents Superheroes!  I still can't believe our baby is three. How does time go by so quickly? Happy birthday little man. We love you to the farthest moon and back.