5 weeks and many miles later, we all made it back to Birch Bay, WA - and it was SO good to be home! We spent one day resting up and unpacking, and then made the most of Amanda and Andrew's stay with us by going up to Vancouver to have a picnic in Stanley park and visit our favorite aquarium. Hannah's favorite song right now is Baby Beluga, so she was excited to see the beluga whales, and Andrew couldn't wait to see Spinaker in the dolphin show. The rest of the week involved several trips to the beach near our house, a visit to the Lynden Park, a walk around Boulevard Park, and dinner in White Rock, BC. The last 2 days of their stay were also the first 2 days of Vacation Bible School, so Matt too Andrew and Manda up to Mt Baker for a snowball fight in July, and down to Seattle to see the Woodland Park Zoo and the Space Needle. And on their last day with us, Andrew lost his first tooth!! We were all sad to see them leave - especially Hannah (who is still - 1 month later - referring to our guest room as "Andrew's room"). The kids had so much fun playing together!! It was loud and energetic - but a TON of fun!! Things have quieted down a lot since they left - - but more on that later :)
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| My smooching ballerina. . . . :) |
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| Andrew teaching Hannah some moves |
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| Hannah knows how to put on a show! |
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| Becoming one with the aquarium |
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| Andrew and Hannah watching the otters |
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| Spinaker and his girlfriends, Hana and Helen |
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| Hannah made a new friend! |
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| Michael at the park |
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| Andrew thought the climbing wall was great! |
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| What a monkey! |
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| Hannah LOVES the slides! |
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| Finding a little crab on the beach |
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| AND a starfish!! |
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| Looking for that perfect shell |
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| Hannah told Andrew about Geoducks, and he was determined to find one. . . . |
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| . . . what he actually found - - having never seen a geoduck in person , I have no idea if this is a really young one, or a small razor clam, or something else entirely - - but either way, Andrew was happy to found something alive!! :) |
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| Building a sandcastle |
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| Hannah getting her face painted at the Lynden Raspberry Festival |
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| It's Elmo! |
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| Hannah trying her hand at the remote control racecars. . . . |
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| Michael would have gladly stayed int he bouncy house all day! |
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| Enjoying gelato in White Rock |
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| Andrew with his Uncle Matt at Mt Baker |
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| Amanda and Andrew |
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| Snowball fight!! |
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| Andrew is always up for an adventure! |
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| At the zoo - getting up close and personal with the giraffes! |
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| Monkeyin' around |
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| Andrew's first tooth fell out!! |
1 comment:
Was just looking through all your summer pictures... it sure looks like it would be fun to be a kid with you guys! What an adventurous summer for Hannah and Michael!
Love, Kari
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