Adventures in Washington

Family Vacation time!

James' family lives in East Washington and we haven't been to visit them in many years.

We actually haven't attempted traveling anywhere too far since we became parents.

Our trip is about half way over now.

We are having a great time with family.

Ava is loving playing with her cousins and Judson is having fun exploring a new place and keeping us up at night :-)

Day 1:  Flying and Nature Hike...

Our travel day was long but it was pretty easy considering what it could have been.  

Is a plane ride ever fun??  Even when you just have yourself to worry about, it's tight and awkward and stuffy.  

So, I can't complain.  

The kids were great.

And since kids don't understand the meaning of down time and definitely don't understand all that goes in to preparing for a trip, we went on a nature walk soon after arriving.

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 There was only one minor accident.

Kyleigh feel off the log and scraped her leg.

We thought it would be best if the 5 and 6 year old dealt with bandaging her up.

Day 2:  Boat and Beach...

Kyleigh and Kale's Daddy has an awesome boat which we enjoyed on Thursday.

We let the big kids (Daddy) go out before us so he could wake board.  

He is still sore.

We played on the beach with the little ones. 

There were water snakes.

And yes, I swam in this snake infested water :-)

We thought they would never come back for us but they finally did and it was our turn to enjoy the boat too.  

We went tubing, swimming and cruised around enjoying the beautiful lake and the beautiful weather.

Day 3: Judson's Birthday and a trip to Richland...

Our cutie man turned one!!!  

Mama hung the happy birthday banner and he opened a few presents.

Then we all got in the car and headed a couple hours west to my Aunt's home.

My Aunt just happens to live in Washington too and we really wanted to see her, my uncle, and my cousin's family since we were so close.

Aunt Jan is the awesome!  

She made the day so special.  

Balloons, party hats, and cupcakes.

It was a wonderful way to spend Judson's first birthday.

 We have a few days left before we head home.

Lots of fun to be had and memories to be made.