Lakebay, WA

Marshall works with seven other people who are in their first year of residency at TG. We all met up for a retreat this weekend in Lakebay, WA. We were supposed to go up to the Cle Elum, WA to play in the snow, but the weather had been too extreme so the owner of the house we were to rent cancelled on us since her driveway was a sheet of ice. We quickly found this great house just passed Gig Harbor. My family stayed in the guest house and the rest of the residents and spouses stayed in the main house. It was perfect and the kids had a blast.

As soon as we woke up Saturday morning the kids were begging to go kayaking. After breakfast we got all the gear and headed out.

Hannah was really nervous. Every time we moved she thought we were all going to fall in. We dropped Hannah and Samantha off at the shore after a quick 15 minutes. Then Marshall and Tyler got their own kayaks and we raced around in three kayaks. We had a good, fun workout.

The kids swam in the hot tub a couple of different times and loved it. Hannah and Sara made up dances and songs. Emily mostly did jumps into the water and drove the rest of the kids crazy with the splashing.

This morning we saw several seals out on the docks jumping on and off. You can see them in the distance here. The kids loved this porch swing.
We plan to meet up annually with these families, but hope to make it up to the snow next year.