Monday, August 18, 2008

Keira's visit

My sister came up this month for a visit from Texas. I have not seen her since she was barley pregnant with my nephew Ethan, so it's been a while! We had a great visit with her and her family. It was really nice for them to meet Thad and we got to meet Ethan who turned 3 years old on the 10th during their visit.


We went out to spend some time with them and some other family over on the Hood Canal. My sister has a brother with a home out there, so we stayed the weekend. It was really beautiful out there on the water.

We went hiking up to Lena Lake, which was very long...I carried Thad just about the whole way up. In the first picture it looks as if David carried him the whole way, but I had put him down because he asked to get down like our friend Raquel's little girl, Sunday and then he threw a huge fit to get back up and I didn't want to give in, so David carried him for a bit.


The hike to Lena Lake out at Hood Canal
























On the trail



















Since Ethan had a birthday while they were here, we had a little party for him. It was fun for the kids to have a reason to eat cake!



A little party for Ethan's 3rd Birthday











My sister with Thad and her two, Ethan and Kayla...they are showing off their muscles.



The kids had fun sleeping all together in Thad's bunkbed. Don't they look so cute?! We got up early the next morning and headed to the airport :( Sad to see them go, but glad that we got what time we had together :)

3 comments:

Jill P said...

Oooohhh, love the hiking shots. So green! I wish I could go too. Guess I'll have to wait until next spring.

simonsenfamily said...

Looks like a fantastic trip! Great photos Sammy!

PolkaDotGaloshes said...

Love your blog! Do you mind if I add you too my list of fav's? You have a such a sweet family and so many wonderful adventures, don't you just love this blogging thing....hugs!