Summer Lovin'!

Here's the first of my summer catch-up posts.

The kids and I spent almost 2 months in Washington this last summer. The original plan was to just drive up there a few days before our Walton Family Reunion in Canada, which was scheduled for the first weekend of August, but after learning about Kelly's super fun Girls Get-Away Scrapbooking Weekend scheduled for the second weekend in July, my plans changed! There was no way I was going to miss out on that! So bright and early Monday, July 9, we jumped in the van and drove straight north for the next 14 hours.

I can say now that I'm so glad I decided to go up early. It was so much fun! We rented a big house in Issaquah, and as there were about 8 of us going, it made it very affordable. I really tried to take advantage of the time by getting as many pages done as I could. Having had home-schooled Brooklyn the previous year, I hadn't been able to spend any time on this, so it was good to get in the groove again. Unfortunately, because I was so out of practice of thinking about scrapbooking, I didn't take a single picture the whole weekend. So, no scrapbook page about that! :)

The first few weeks in WA we stayed with Dad and Mom Mason. Mom took full advantage of us being there by working with Brooklyn on her math and reading skills for a few hours everyday, much to her delight! (That'd be Mom's delight, not Brooklyn's :) ) The rest of the time we stayed with our wonderful Auntie Kara, and her cutie boys! While there we filled our days with lots of "fun stuff"!

Trips to the beach at Titlow Park.





Bowling at the Narrows Plaza bowling alley.





And visiting our animal friends at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium.







And of course, PDZA's new KidZone play area.







And I can't forget our amazing Uncle John! He has a special talent for coming up with the craziest things to entertain the kids. I could list a ton of things he's done in the past that have left us all in stitches, but they were nothing compared to this. . .



Talk about fun!! Wicked, hilarious fun! :) Boy we sure love our Unkie John!