We spent Thanksgiving with the Friesen side this year. The first week was filled with family fun and cousin time. The second week we surprised the girls with four days at Disneyland with Grampa & Gramma. We thoroughly enjoyed our two week vacation and always look forward to our next time together.
Our first couple of days included a stop at my favorite Cabazon dinosaurs and seeing the beautiful fall colors up at Oak Glen.
Another fun year at our neighbor’s family pumpkin patch. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed the company of our longtime friends, Jessica, Owen and Henry. The girls also enjoyed carving their pumpkins and dressing up as Elsa & Anna for Halloween 🙂
Another fun adventure with our van crew. The kids enjoyed petting goats, finding pretty birds, and eating ice cream 🙂
At the end of June, Matt, Cherise and the boys flew up for a week long visit and we had so much fun! It had been a couple years since our last time all together which is just too long. All five kids slept in the same room which was great and challenging all at the same time (a lot of trekking up the stairs to get them to go to sleep) 🙂
We traveled all over the place. We visited Fairhaven, played at Mindport, went to the movies, sledded on Mt. Baker, played at the creek in Lynden, and crossed the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver. I really did not want our time to end and neither did the kids. Until next time 🙂
A random assortment of summer pictures. The girls enjoyed playing in the backyard with each other and with friends.
Todd took the day off way back at the start of May for my birthday. We spent the day as a family in and around Fairhaven. We started the morning by taking the kids to Larrabee State Park to explore the beach and tide pools. We found starfish, sea anemones, crabs, tiny shrimp and a deer. For lunch we headed to one of my favorite places, Fairhaven Poke, then shared a giant donut at Rocket Donuts (Ruby got her own). Afterwards we enjoyed the boardwalk and Boulevard Park, it was a gorgeous day!
Several weeks ago we had the perfect snow day. The snow had fallen on a Friday night which made for a great Saturday play day. By the next day it was completely gone.
We trudged about half a mile to a sledding hill near the river. The girls had a blast and it was nice being so close to home when they got tired about an hour later 🙂
Our last big excursion with Tom & Cindy was driving up to Haleakala National Park. Along the way we stopped at a goat farm where the girls enjoyed petting and feeding a few goats.
The crater was beautiful for about 3 minutes, then the clouds rolled in and we couldn’t see a thing. It was also extremely cold and windy, so we didn’t last too long outside with the girls.
We discovered a very nice boardwalk through a nature preserve about 10 minutes away from Kihei. Later that evening we watched the sunset with Tom & Cindy.
We spent a little more time in Lahaina before heading to the beach to play. The old jail was surprisingly free and a fun spot for the kids to explore.
La Casa Blanca 