Tolmie State Park

On Saturday we went as a family to Tolmie State Park in the Olympia/Lacey area, always a great place to go at low tide for wading. This is one of those places where you can find a ton of sand dollars which is a huge "Wow" when you are standing on the beach and realize you are surrounded by them.  #parkspix 

Tolmie State Park is a 105-acre marine day-use park with 1,800 feet of saltwater shoreline on Puget Sound. This forested park is on Nisqually Beach, a few miles from Olympia, the state's capital city. The park offers a variety of beachside activities and an underwater park built by scuba divers. The park features an underwater park for scuba divers, a saltwater marsh, a beach, a forest and abundant wildlife. 

Our new sunny bag!

When we travel we usually take the same things with us on every trip with the exception of weather related items, and if we are going by air or car, but these are some new additions.

#woodthrushdrybags

Wood Thrush Dry Bags

This bag was awesome for keeping all of our goods dry at the beach, and the color is amazing, a sunshine yellow, my favorite.  Compact, easy to close and easy to open again.  Here is our sunny bag getting a shower after salty beach playtime......

Pacific Grove, California

A brief look at some fun I had last weekend in Pacific Grove, California.

Spring Giveaway!

It's so hard to sit inside and edit photos when the sun is begging us to come out and play...i just know we are just missing some gorgeous summery weather. Guess I'll have to bail and come back tonight after dark and try again. Speaking of Summer, I decided that this year I would run a giveaway. Exciting, right? I'm still collecting vendors that might want to join in on the fun, but from Parks Photography we will be giving away 2 family photo shoots, with a forest theme or a beach theme. (Santa Cruz area) The shoots will include one hour of shooting time, and an online gallery to order pics from. O.k so you can have one entry by following our blog, one entry by following us on the Facebook page, and one entry by sharing our Facebook Page with others. (leave a comment under this post telling me that you did please) The contest will end on April 15th with the winners being announced right after the winners are chosen using random.org. Vendors: if you are interested in joining up for this giveaway, email us ASAP so we can get it all figured out. We will only accept family friendly (g rated) companies, and would love to see some photo prop type things, clothes for kids, treats, frames, etc. and would LOVE to hear from California companies!