June 28th with the boys

 June 28th was the day before I flew out to China... I spent the day at Lindsey's with all 3 of my grandsons!

 They decided to shoot some baskets, so I decided to test out my new little camera I bought to take to China.

 Both Emerson and Benjamin have this basketball hoop...They both got one for their 5th birthday!

 William was trying to figure out how he could be involved in this game!  He may only be 2 years old, but he's convinced he can keep up with the 5 year olds!

 William

 Benjamin

Emerson

 There was time for a little trampoline fun...

 It was a great send off to China...spending time with the boys!

My Golfing Buddy!

 On the 16th of June, I asked Emerson if he'd like to go golfing. (Yes!)

I called our local golf course and asked if they had a putter for a 5 year old that we could either rent or borrow.  The pro's response was, "Bring him on down!"

That's exactly what I did!

 In the clubhouse, the pro gave Emerson the club and then confirmed, "He's right-handed, right?"

I said, no, he was left handed...and that he was also a left handed batter.

The pro rubbed his chin a minute and then asked Emerson, "What do you throw?"

"I throw right handed."

So the pro told Emerson to try the right handed club and come on back if he wanted to switch.

 At first, he was trying to putt left handed with a right handed club.  I pointed out which side of the club you were suppose to putt with.  He mixed it up a few times at first, then got the hang of it.

 Everytime he got close to the hole or got it in, he'd let out a holler...actually, his Mimi did, too!

 I told him that if anyone else came to the putting green, we'd have to be quiet...that golfers needed to concentrate.

Some guy came up with his golf bag, set it down, then walked off.  Um?  I told Emerson he'd probably be back and we needed to quiet down.

 The guy did come back, and he putted about a half hour, and we TRIED to be quieter.  I think we did pretty good.  Every once in a while, I'd have to remind my new golfing buddy to shhhhhh.  He'd just grin.

This is a great little putting green.  There are 5 holes, I think...maybe 6?  I told Emerson you could just go from one hole to the next and go around to all of them.
He said he didn't want to do that!
Okay...

 

I was taking some photos with my phone, too.  The battery ran out and I continued taking some with my d90.  After awhile, probably a bit later in this blog of photos, I picked up the camera and Emerson looked at me and said,

"Mimi!  Would you put that down and play golf?"

He may not have said 'Would you'...it may have just been a command.

I laughed so hard...he didn't.

He just smiled.

 We continued to putt...and every once in a while, he'd let me know that was 'his longest putt EVER'!

 I tried to get him to put his legs together...

 but he really didn't want much coaching after he got started...

 not that his Mimi is the best coach...

We putted a good while...1-1.5 hours...and we watched a guy at the driving range.  I was explaining to Emerson how the lowest score wins in golf...he wasn't too sure about that one.

Mostly, we had a blast! 

My dad is probably still smiling down from heaven!

It must be summer!

Look what my guy picked today!  Actually, he's out picking more as I write this...and drink a cup of coffee...

These usually start ripening while I'm gone on my People to People trip.  But this year, they're early!  Our weather has been amazing this year...no fog to speak of...and warmer!  It's been wonderful!

I'm leaving a week from today for .......... China!  So at least I can enjoy some of the fresh blueberries before taking off!

Walking/jogging on the beach on June 21

 

June 21st

What a gorgeous day it was!

 

There was no wind...

it was warm..

not a normal combination for the north coast!

I went to the beach for a walk

and to try a little jogging.

(I hurt my knee a little over a week ago...so jogging hasn't been part of my routine!)

 

I started at Clam Beach

and went up to Moonstone...

about 2.5 miles

When I got to Moonstone,

this mist was blowing in.

I thought it might be fog rolling in when I first saw it, 

but it wasn't, it was just a mist

and it was gorgeous!

I'm going to miss this this summer!

Fish Festival

 On Sunday, June 15, we went to a fish festival.  We didn't do much of the 'fish' part, but we definitely took some pictures and had a great time with Emerson!

He spotted the ice cream truck and asked for a snow cone. 

He wanted to sit down to eat it.

We sat on a curb for AT LEAST an hour while he totally consumed it.  I was surprised that he didn't get any of it on him...not on his clothes, not on him!  We sat and watched the amazing variety of people walk by. 

 Then it was time to walk around awhile...after a bathroom stop.

 There's a historical lighthouse that overlooks the bay...and it's beautiful...the lighthouse and the setting of it.  This bell...which I did NOT read about, is next to it. Papa took our picture.  Emerson was impressed with how huge it was. 

"It's bigger than ME!"

 From the lighthouse, there is a trail of steps down to a beach.  We started down...and got about halfway when this aging Mimi's knee started to H-U-R-T.  So we stopped and enjoyed the scenery from there.  Papa got trigger happy with the camera!

I'm glad he did:)

 Then it was my turn!

 I love these!

 

We then headed down to walk on the pier.  We got about halfway down when our little man decided he didn't want to go to the pier.  

We headed back up...

 Emerson wanted to head back down to the beach.  I told him I didn't think I could do it so he told me to take some pictures and some video of him going down the stairs. 

I started with some pictures...

 See that bench down there?  That's where we were when we took the earlier pictures.

Emerson asked if I was taking video.

I wasn't, so I started.

I'm an obedient Mimi :)

Yep, we didn't have the fish at the fish festival, but we had a great time hanging out with Emerson!