Friday, May 21, 2010

Spring Break


Over spring break we drove up and spent a couple nights in Bellingham, WA. The kids loved the hotel pool and I loved the gym next door. Each morning I woke up early to have my "quiet time" before the busy days. Marshall didn't come with us so it was all me. I did go with a couple other moms and their kids which made it very fun. The purpose of the trip was to visit the Vancouver, Canada temple open house.

I have taken them to one other temple open house and they loved going again. What a sweet experience for them to be in the House of the Lord. Each of them told me how much they loved it. After the open house we toured Vancouver and Stanley Park.


All the crazy kids we took on the trip. This is just four families worth of kids!

Leaving Canada, what a beautiful sign.

On the drive home from Bellingham we stopped at the tulip festival. There was a ton of traffic, but worth the trip. I told my kids to enjoy it because we wouldn't be making the trek ever again. Yes, the traffic was that bad! The city is tiny with a ton of tourists.

Flying kites at the tulip fields-it was a perfectly windy day.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Sequim, WA

Last weekend our family took a trip to Sequim, WA with Marshall's classmates. We rented a huge house that was built like a castle. There were several master bedrooms, each with royal dress-ups. My girls were in heaven, my boys not so much.

Marshall and Samantha relaxing and eating fruit snacks.

Marshall and Emily dancing/swinging

My beautiful Hannah, who almost looks older than me now. She is getting tall!

Emily is living in her own world, and we love it. It is a happy place!

My wonderful girls. We are happy to out number the boys.

Sweet Sara in pure bliss.

Thanks to a great resident, Ellie for taking the great pictures!