Vacation to the Pacific Northwest

We just got back from a week long stay in Oregon and Washington. We started the week in Oregon for my Great Aunt Helen's 90th birthday party. Pictured below is a bit of her awesomeness. She took a turn at the pinata and rocked her sombrero and maraca's.


Nathan enjoyed playing with his second cousins Walker, Cory, Kaylee and Caleb. The played on the slip n slide and in the pool at my uncle and aunts community:





Anne, my cousin Greg's wife took us to Fir Point Farms so that the boys could feed goats, rabbits and cickens, run in the hay maze and just get some energy out:






After the boys (and girl napped) we headed over to my cousin Erika's house where we watched her four-year old Cory, tearing it up on his PW50, swam, ate, rode bikes and just hung out:






After a weekend in Oregon we drove up to Anacortes and took the ferry over to Lopez Island to spend the rest of the week. We crammed in a ton in one week. I played tennis with Aunt Bette and Erika for the first time in five years. I forgot how fun it could be. We hiked Chadwick Hill, where three years ago my mom had broken her ankle. She handled it well this time. We took a ferry over to San Juan to Lime Kiln Park so that we could see the Orca's. It was really cool. We also took the kids swimming, walked around the property, had a pinic and kayak ride at Odlin Park, bbq'd, ate well and most importantly had a good time with my family.