We were so excited to have Uncle David come to visit us for a few days near the end of June.  We took him to lots and lots of parks.  I think we made it to five altogether, despite having only one rain-free day during his visit.  Uncle David knows how to have a good time at a park.

On our sunny afternoon, we went to the spray park in our neighborhood. Somehow Jonah’s favorite thing to do is stand on a fountain when it’s off and then wait for it to surprise him and spray him in the face. Crazy.

So of course, Nora liked it, too.

After we were done, Jonah was thrilled to discover that there was a softball game to watch while we dried off.

The kids read lots of books with Uncle David.

And on Saturday, the Eugene forecast looked cold and rainy, so we decided that if we were going to be cold and rained upon, we might as well do it at the beach. So we drove out to Florence, and to our (great) surprise, it was a sunny and not painfully windy day on the coast. Thanks to winter hats and windbreakers, we enjoyed a nice long walk on the sand.

Jonah found a stick that was perfect for drawing in the sand. He was making a line for Nora to follow.

But wait! If you can draw lines in the sand, shouldn’t you really be using those lines to make a baseball field?

And finally, people who have come to the beach before us have made some pretty serious driftwood structures. Here are the kids looking cute in a stick house.