Kitsap County fair

 

We went to the fair with another all girl family and my Sister Carlee and her two kids. It was so much fun! We saw a Zebra and a Zeedonk which is a 1/2 Zebra and 1/2 donkey. Of course I didn't take a picture of that. There was a petting farm and tons of other animals the kids loved to see. We watched Elisabeth and Cowboy buck show too. The little kids liked it but I think the older kids thought it was a little boring. We had a great time.

Cape Disappointment

This light house Kyle and the 3 oldest girls went and hiked up to it. I stayed in the van with slumbering Lydia. I read while they played. It was a short hike up to the light house. Gabby and Miley walked up to the top of the light house with Kyle. While Belle stayed and helped watched the store. She was too little to climb up there. It was a beautiful sight. Gabby took quite a few of these pictures. After I saw the pictures I wish I would of went with them.

Ft Stevens Bunkers

We spent the morning at the Ft Stevens Bunkers. The girls had a great time exploring and I was able to get some pictures of the girls in the same places we took some about 3 years ago. So every year we go back I hope to take the same pictures.

We also found this strange looking beetle and the girls were fascinated with it so they all took turns holding it and looking at it. Kyle liked it so well that he brought it home to animate it. It was dead already when we found it.

It was fun just exploring and being together as a family.

Seaside Fun!

 

The girls really wanted to go to Seaside and go in all the shops and go to the Arcade. So we went by ourselves to Seaside while the rest of the group went to Cannon Beach. We went on the bumper cars some of the girls liked it and some did not like it. We had a great trip.

The Getty and the Columbia River

The next day a couple more families joined us for the rest of the Trip. So we all went down to the Getty. Had a wonderful walk along the beach and down to the water.

We then went down to the side where the Columbia meets the Pacific Ocean. It was really warm there and the kids decided to go in and to play in the warm sand. It was really fun.

Fun at the Beach at Ft Stevens

We made it to the Oregon Coast and met up with some of our friends. They stayed at Ft Stevens while we stayed at the KOA just down the road. Our first day there was quite the adventure. Lance one of our friends from Manchester Ward has some friends that live in Oregon. They have horses and were willing to bring them down to the beach for us to ride. It was so much fun. The horses were a little freaked out at first but most of them settled down soon and we were able to ride them.

As you can see it was pretty overcast but by the end of the afternoon it cleared up and was pretty nice. The kids had a blast playing in the sand flying kites. Swimming in the water with all of their clothes on. Then they decided to cover themselves in the sand. They were quite the mess. We found sand everywhere. That is what happens when you are on the beach. We stayed the whole day.

Tillamook Cheese Factory

 

We left Dan and Harmony's and headed on our way to the Oregon Coast. On our way we listened to a story on CD by Jack Weyland called Nicole. It was pretty good and the girls seemed to like it.
We made it to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was interesting to see how the cheese was made. We were able to sample all the different types which was nice. The girls seemed to like them all. I think the cheese curds were there least favorite. Kyle likes to call them squeaky cheese. When you eat it the cheese squeaks on your teeth. We then had Ice Cream Cones. It was all really yummy and very messy. They had a whole lot more flavors then they do in the stores at home. Just to warn you their Bubble Gum ice cream wasn't that great. The girls were a little disappointed.

To our cousins for Fun!

After the Ape caves we made our way down to Corvallis Oregon.My cousin who is 4 years older than me has a wonderful place down in Corvallis. Not to mention two wonderful children that happen to Miley and Belle's ages. The kids were so anxious to get there to see them. We try and get together at least one to two times a year. So we made plans to visit and we had so much fun.

The other wonderful part about visiting Harmony and Dan is Harmony is a horse trainer. They have a fabulous barn with 50 stales and many horses to ride. Along with a lot of other girls there just taking care of their own horses. My girls love it. They all rode this year even Lydia. I was even able to go for a trail ride on their 40 acres with my Dad's baby sister Erin. It was fantastic.

The kids swam in their pool. Played hide and seek in the tall grass in the dark. Rode on a golf cart, which my 1st cousin once removed Tanner drove all over the property with my girls. They will always remember that. It was working pretty slow so don't worry. They watched movies, played dress up, rode bikes, picked berries and just had fun. When the kids picked the berries we thought we would all share the berries by making shakes with them. The kids were so mad that we had used the berries they said those were for us and they were plotting to get revenge. In the end Kyle went with them and picked more berries. They all had the shakes they were SO wanting. It was pretty funny!

When we were there it was also my Cousin Amber's 15th Birthday. We all went out to Panda's Express her favorite place to eat. Then we came back and had Cake and Ice Cream and the kids made her some pretty cute cards. Amber we had so much fun.

I also learned how to play this really fun Board game called Ticket to Ride. It was so much fun. I also learned how to play a game called James Bond. It was all really fun and I loved it. Since Kyle doesn't like board games that much it was nice to have someone to play with.

In the end we had a great time with my Cousins and Aunt. We love to visit with our family. We are looking forward to next time we can all get together. We sure love you all.