Washington
First we flew up to Washington to stay with my family for 9 days. They live in Woodinville. So beautiful there and we went the best week because it was only cloudy one day. The rest of the week was perfect and sunny. It was cheaper to fly than drive with these high gas prices and it was definitely nicer to cut traveling time down. I don't think we would have lasted 14 hours of driving with two little ones one way. Flying was long enough. We finally had an uneventful flight and we got to my parent's house and crashed for the day. We had to get up at 4:30am Friday morning to get to the airport on time so we were all tired.
Saturday my sister Alicia arrived with her boyfriend Fausto. So we had my parents, my brother Chris, Danny, Me, Memphis, Kayzee, Alicia, and Fausto. My sister Annalyn and her fiance Curtis could not make it this year. Sunday we went to church. Then the fun began.
Monday was the 4th of July and my Dad's side of the family does a big celebration with food and fireworks. First all the men went and bought fireworks. I heard they bought about $900 worth and that's with a huge discount! They had so many they had to start setting them off about 5pm. What a great night. Memphis LOVED the fireworks. The last two years he has slept through them so I was glad he was awake this year. He wanted to go out and set them all off himself. Just like his Daddy! He was actually a great listener (big surprise;) and stayed on the driveway. He loved the confetti poppers and sparklers. Kayzee had fun being held by grandma and auntie and she did sleep through the main show. It was fun to see all my cousins too. Lots of pictures to follow. My camera died so I got all these pictures from my sister. Thanks Sheesha!
Kayzee and Auntie Sheesha
My brother and Dad
Fausto and our haul of fireworks
Memphis learning about fireworks
Memphis getting his bangs cut by my cousin.
Memphis and Mommy
Memphis and Grandpa Thorpe
My cute Kayzee Lynn
Love the tongue
All smiles
Kayzee and Grandma Thorpe
Sparklers!
Tuesday some of the family went to Levenworth (sp?). It is a little town set up to look like a European town. Just lots of shopping and sites. My brother and Danny bought me some fairies to add to my collection. Danny of course got some more knives to add to his collection.
Wednesday we went on an Argosy Cruise to Tillicum Village. It was a ferry ride to an island where they have sites, hikes, food, and a Native American show. It was beautiful, weather was perfect, food was amazing, and we had a great time! The kids went to a sitter so we could enjoy the trip without the hassle of watching our kids.
Kayzee and Uncle Chris in my parent's driveway. LOVE all the trees:)
Me and Danny
Alicia and Fausto
My mom and dad, space needle in the background
Tillicum Village
Fresh roasting Salmon, YUM!
View of Seattle from the boat.
Thursday we went into Seattle to show Fausto around. I have done it many times but it was still fun to see the sites.
The troll under the bridge
My big little brother
Space Needle
Friday my dad, Chris, and Danny went on a 7 mile hike up a mountain (they are crazy). My mom and I went shopping, and I also got to meet my old roommates Karen and Kjaersti at the mall. Saturday we flew home. I fly a lot and I have never been on such a bad flight. Seattle was beautiful and sunny but as we flew closer to Utah the weather was HORRIBLE. Windy, rainy, lightning, it made the turbulence so bad it was scary. Everyone clapped when we finally landed because it took the pilots a couple tries. Memphis also threw up near the end of the flight. We didn't know until Memphis said UH OH! We looked over at him and he was covered in it. GROSS! We didn't really have enough wipes to clean it all up and the flight attendant couldn't help us because the pilot told her to stay in her seatbelt and Kayzee cried a lot. It was great to get home and both kids slept 12 hours that night without waking up.
At ten months, Kayzee still does not have any teeth so she still eats messy food!
I hurried and did all our laundry and then packed for a few days at Bear Lake. My sister Alicia flew home to California with her boyfriend and then hopped on a train to Utah to stay a week with me. I really wanted to go to Bear Lake but knew I couldn't take both my kids by myself so she came to help me because Danny had to go back to work. She also watched my kids while I went to a two day conference for work. Thanks Sheesha!
We had a lot of fun at our time share condo at Bear Lake. The lake was so much more full this year it was a lot closer which also meant it was a lot muddier so we didn't go swimming in it. We spend a lot of time at the pool. Memphis was so scared if we let go of him but after a couple of times he didn't want us to touch him. He loved his arm floaties and the twirly water slide. He swam all over the pool all by himself:) Kayzee hated the baby float that Memphis used to love and she just hated the big pool so we took her over to the baby pool. She loved that and it was a lot warmer because it was shallower than the big pool. Memphis loved it too because of the warmth. The weather wasn't all that great the whole time we were there and the hot tub was too hot and crowded so the baby pool was the place for us. My sister's camera died when we got there so we only got one picture at Bear Lake. Bummer because we had a lot of fun and I wish I could have gotten a picture of Memphis swimming. Here is a picture of Kayzee in her cute swimming suit.
We got back from Bear Lake Wednesday night and then Thursday and Friday I had my Professional Development Days. Saturday Alicia and I went to see Harry Potter in 3D (loved it!) and then we went out to lunch and she left that night. It was fun to hang out with my sister and I loved that my kids got to get to know her.
GREAT VACATIONING!!!
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