Grandpa and Grandma Come to Visit

 Jay and Kelley were able to come to visit for a few days before school started! They flew in Thursday afternoon and left super early Monday morning. We had a few ideas for what to do, but it didn't all work out quite as planned. 

Thursday evening we hung out at home and played Clue. This is the only picture I took all evening!

On Friday our plan was to head up to Artist Point and hike to Lake Ann. We debated whether or not we should go because it was very smoky due to all the wildfires up in Canada, and ended up deciding to give it a try. Despite the smoke, we were still able to get a slightly hazy view of Baker and Mt. Shuksan and the air actually felt less smokey up there than it did at home. Everyone did great on the hike, which was over 8 miles round trip! We did stop above the lake, instead of actually hiking all the way down to it. We were all ready for lunch and didn't think we needed to get any closer!

Hazy view of Baker

That lake was the destination!

Grandpa and Grandma crossing a stream.

Our plan for Saturday was to head up to Surrey, BC and go mini-golfing at this place that looked like it was partially in some trees and right next to a neat park. It was supposed to be close to 90* outside so we wanted shade! After packing lunches, I went to grab passports when we realized that Kyle didn't have his passport (I sent it off to be renewed) so we had to change all our plans, much to everyone's disappointment. Plan B was to head out to Pt. Whitehorn and hang out there for a little. Sounds like a great idea, right? And the walk to the beach was quite pleasant, but once we pulled out our sandwiches, out came the bees. They were everywhere! Kyle got stung twice, nobody enjoyed their food and we stayed for all of 20 minutes. 

Swatting away a bee

Grandpa and Haleigh

 Since that didn't work out as planned, we headed over to Birch Bay for a little while. The girls played on the playground, Grandpa got stung by a bee, and we decided it was time to head home, with a stop at Edaleen's for ice cream!

We had dinner at home Saturday night, and while we were all outside, Shelby got stung by a bee on her tongue! 

Sunday morning we went to church and then had Grandpa and Grandma H., Kelsey, Ben, Kim, Thane, and all the kiddos over for lunch to celebrate Lydia's birthday. 

Oreo Ice Cream Cake (because it was too hot to bake a cake!)

Seven!!

She asked for Barbies and Legos and she got Barbies and Legos and loved every bit of it! They all spent the rest of the afternoon playing with her new toys!

We also had a saxophone concert, practiced soccer in the backyard, and emptied the pool while Grandpa and Grandma were here. It was a fun few days and we always have such a great time when they come to visit!