Plus Four

Aimee brought the kids down, which we thought was pretty ambitious through the slow border crossing and all. Happiness abounded when the kids arrived and explored the tent trailer. It's really nice - you should drop in sometime. We filled the days with all sorts of good things. And can you imagine sitting in your jammies in a comfy chair by the campfire with your blanket at bedtime. Nice.

One of the first thing we did, while Aimee had a rare nap, was to take the kids on a hike to the playground. The most amazing things to me was that little Anders hiked the whole way on his own two feet. He kept collecting sticks which made the narrow places tricky to maneuver. No matter, we worked together on it and sometimes he'd lay that bunch down and began collecting again. Eva was amazed to see a tree growing out of a tree stump. She also cracked us up when she "read" a warning sign to LK. "Oh, Oh. Problem, no men with Hawaiian shirts." Where does she come up with this stuff?! Of course grandpa had on a Hawaiian shirt. He continued on the path irregardless - after all he and Elijah had to bushwhack the path a bit making sure there was no stinging nettle in the way.

At the end of the path was a playground. Next to the playground there was a little store. At the store was ice cream.

There was much playing with trucks and road building. Elijah had a major breakthrough with Gracie and was chasing her around the campsite asking her to drop her toy so he could throw it into the forest again for her. It was great to see him gain confidence like that with her.

We went to Deception Pass and took the older two kids out in the canoe. We tried a little fishing but the fish were not hungry when we were there. So we had a picnic and played at the beach until Anders got hot and grumpy. I don't think I've ever looked so cute as he when I am hot and grumpy.

Stories, popcorn, swimming in the pool and eating at Applebees. Anders loved the artichoke dip and would eat everything dipped in it - chips, broccoli, chicken - his fingers. Oh - he didn't eat his fingers, just used them for scoops.

Good memories. Thanks for coming guys!