HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAWN!

To celebrate Shawn's birthday today we took a little trip to Crammond Island with some friends. It is on the outskirts of the city and when the tide goes out you can walk out to the island. Quite nice even in the fog! It was a nice day although you can't really tell in some of the photos...as proof, however, you can see the sunburns on our faces when you see the pic of the birthday cake we had after a very late supper.
So to start out, we have all the children lined up on the back seat of the city bus...actually, the two youngest members of our gang were too small to sit on their own (1 year and 4 months):

As you can see, the fog was still rolling in as the tide was rolling out....if you look closely, you can see Crammond Island in the background. This is Shawn, Alexander, and Benjamin walking on the beach
And here are Benjamin, Hannah and Jacob looking out from the road...again, the tide is still going out and you can see the island in the background

So we walked out to the island and had a little picnic lunch there....of course there is also the token picture of Hannah sleeping! I think I will need to make a whole "tribute" to her with all the sleeping pictures I have. She was so cute, she said "I'm tired" and I layed her down on Shawn's coat and out she went!

One of our friends took a lovely family photo for us:
Back on land, we took a little snack break while we watched the swans and ducks at the marina.
And finally, we made it home after 6pm so we had a quick supper of pizza from Papa John's (I had a free coupon!) and then the cake the children and I had made yesterday. I even snuck Grammy into the picture (she decided to stay a little closer to home today, it was quite alot of walking!).