A Relaxing Mother's Day Weekend

When we were living in California, we started a tradition of going camping over Mother's Day weekend near Big Sur. We briefly thought of restarting that tradition this year but since the thought didn't occur until Friday and would have been just for one night, we decided it was probably not a good idea. After all, every time we go camping the first night is always a bit rough. So instead we decided to be purposeful with the time we had together this weekend!

We headed out to Deception Pass on Saturday and went for a hike and picnic lunch. It was pretty hilly and Annaliese did an amazing job hiking almost the entire thing! She really wanted to be able to play in the sand at the beach and we told her we could play after we were done hiking. Unfortunately, by the time we were done hiking, the tide had come in significantly and there were only rocks to play with. She was a good sport about it and was content to play in the rocks:)

A view of Deception Pass through the trees

Lunch Break

Carrying both girls! Kyle only carried Annaliese down some of the steeper parts. She walked the majority of it!

On the way home, we contemplated stopping for ice cream but both the girls fell asleep so we skipped ice cream in favor of the nap! Once we got home, we decided that we would all take quick showers and then head to Saturday night church.

Sunday was super lazy; they let me sleep in and then we just hung out around the house all morning. Kyle grilled steak and corn on the cob (or as Annaliese called it 'corn in the nob') for lunch and then the girls both took naps. After nap time, we headed to the FIG, which is the children's part of the Whatcom Museum. This was followed by ice cream at Mallard's Ice Cream downtown and then a quick stop to say hi to Grandpa and Grandma (which turned into staying for pizza for dinner!) 

Lazy morning=playing outside for the girls!

Haleigh's outfit cracked me up...she is definitely wearing a fleece over her pajamas with her tennis shoes on...and yes, she is pushing Annaliese's favorite cat in the swing!

Playing Jenga at the FIG 

There is a neat craft area...both the girls had fun coloring and gluing pictures!