Day at Fossil Beach

After church today we decided it was way too nice of a day to stay home. So we loaded up the kids and some food for dinner, called a friend and all headed out to Fossil Beach. Kodiak has one road that runs from one end at Monashka Bay which is where Ken caught his king salmon the other day which is only about 10 miles from our home to Fossil Beach which is about 45 miles from our home. So we took the long and beautiful drive out. Along the way we saw silver foxes, a herd of buffalo, and our friend saw a bunch of whales in one of the bays we passed. It took about an hour and a half to get out to the beach because of all the windy mountain roads, but it was well worth the drive.

Fossil beach actually has fossils all over it. Ken and Cole had fun looking for fossils and the other kids had a blast in the sand and the surf! It was sooooo warm and sunny all day.
We went out with our friend Ashley and her 2 kids, Liam and Olive. Her husband Will is out to sea on one of the Coast Guard boats right now. This is Liam and Cole with Myah buried up to her neck in the sand! ;) She thought that was so funny!

Quincy didn't want to get left out of the action, so they buried her next.

Quincy and her buddy Liam went "fishing" on the surf with Liam's little princess fishing pole and only a lure on the end, no hook. They thought they were big stuff! It was so cute though! Liam was in my preschool class last year and he and Quincy got to be good buddies.

Ken getting the fire ready for the hotdogs and marshmallows. And Ashley with her daughter Olive and Colton getting ready for dinner. We also took out the salmon that Ken caught earlier this week, for those of us who don't care for hotdogs, to cook on the grill. There is nothing better than sitting on the beach with good friends eating dinner and watching the kids laugh and play in the surf and sand while the sun is shining down on us. This day has to rank right up there with some of the best days of my life.