Birch Bay

There is just something magical about this place...reminds me of my awesome childhood!

Random photos around the "ranch"

you have to double click this last one just so you can see the smiles on the girls faces. to preciuos!

Trailer ride

This evening after tacos Papa took the girls on a long trailer ride. They had super fun. Towards the end the twins got out and Sam went for a ride down through the pit. When they got back Courtney jumped back in for the trip back to the shed. Sydney was done so she chased them. Then they all ran around for a good while and got all dirty. Completely forgot about the pitch on the ground from the trees...hard to get off feet...oh well!

driving

Driving for days in an rv with 3 kids strapped in isnt the funnest thing to do in the world. They dont spend enough energy so it makes for hellish bed times. The first few nights on the way there were complete and utter hell and at one point I thought about just renting a car and heading back to Bellingham. I perservered at it was worth it! We had a ton of fun. We stayed mainly at KOAs and they had fun play grounds so the kids could get a little bit of that pent up energy out!


it rained so hard in Idaho...we had to pretty much go 5 miles and hour for a bit.

this was the fun playground at the KOA outside of Spokane!

Prairie Dogs

We stopped at rest stop in somewhere in Montana and fed some prairie dogs (which look pretty much like squirrels) at first they were shy...I think it had something to do with the man walking next to us with a dog...but then they came out in full force. It was pretty fun to watch the girls reactions. Sydney just wanted to eat the crackers herself. She kept picking them up off the ground and would get really mad at me for taking it away from her!

Campground!

We stayed at Custer State Park in South Dakota. It was a great campsite with lots of things to do. The girls had a blast with all the kids running around to.

this was a swimming hole that we never swam in...this was right after the buffalo walked through it. Those footprints are buffalo!
They had a great little playground for the kids to play on but we only ventured over there once since there was a lot to do by our site.

Sam was a little bummed that there wasnt room for her...she moved the pool toys though and joined in!

Snack time

Some weird bug on Jills pants

popsicles!

Eric reading the kids a story

My cute Sydney

and Eric reading another story!

Great fun!

smore's

The kids LOVED making smore's!

This was Papa and Courtneys first attempt...they got better! Courtney ended up having a meltdown because she didnt want anybody else to use the stick...we didnt have very many so sharing was necessary and she wanted nothing to do with that. Everybody else had tons of fun though!

The party

Great friends + great food + great drinks = great fun!

50 years

The reason we were in South Dakota was for Gene and Jean Consalus' 50th wedding anniversary. What a great party their kids threw them. They honeymooned at Custer State Park so the setting was perfect!

they have 4 kids

and 8 grandaughters and one grandson!