Monday, August 3, 2009

we love camping

believe it or not, this was our very first camping trip as a family... actually as a married couple! needless to say, it's about time we went! jonathan's sister and mom were up visiting this past week, so the whole family decided to go camping at deception pass. lucky for us we went on the day it was 100+ degrees in western washington, but where we were it was a cool 75! it was a beautiful place back in the trees right by the ocean, it couldn't have been more perfect.


the first day we spent hanging around the camp, going for walks down to the beach, and just hanging out.

blake LOVED playing with his cousins, here he is holding hands with karlee and hallie

and i loved that all the girls wanted to hold adam! here he is with cousin mishael
blake was perfectly content sitting on the ground letting the waves hit him and throwing rocks in the water


we went for a hike around the water, here are some of the cousins.... believe it or not this isn't even half!
blake was able to spend lots of time with grandpa bob and had a TON of fun with him

grandma susan getting adam to smile and giggle

the night we left we decided to watch the sunset before we hit the road, it was beautiful! (on a side note, when we left there it was 68 degrees, by the time we got back to seattle at 10:30 pm, it was still 93 degrees!)

this is blake wondering where the sun went!


so, camping was a success and we can't wait to go again! we just need a bigger tent next time!

8 comments:

Peter and Lesha said...

how fun I love love love camping! beats being in the 100 degree weather! I live you in a hat!! you look really cute:) so jealous of all the family! and all the kids that must be so fun.

Vashti said...

I'm glad you guys were able to stay so cool. Kaitlyn showed me the all the pictures she took at sunset and they looked so cute!

Anna said...

Looks like you had a great time...super cute pictures!

Anonymous said...

I love the pictures- Blake looks SO old!!! When are we going????.... :)

Andrea said...

Great picture of your family and the sunset. That's amazing that it was so much cooler at Deception Pass. I will make a note of that for next time:)

Sarah said...

What a fun trip. It's so cute how Blake gets doted on by all his girl cousins. :)

Elizabeth C said...

It looks like you guys had a BLAST camping. Camping is so much fun. Especially with kids too. We really enjoy that too. Glad you had so much fun. :)

Stephanie said...

Looks like you had fun. We love Deception Pass. And, I see what you mean about the bigger tent; we have a 9 person tent and that's just about the right size for our family with a little one.