Hotel in Kamloops

After leaving Bellingham we headed north to Kamloops BC to spend the night at a hotel before heading up to Meadow Lake Fishing Camp for a 3 night stay.  The hotel stop was a nice way to break up the trip and hang out with our family (and play at a cool pool).

Swimming time (we took advantage of the pool, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning)

The kids loved dipping in the hot tub

Trying to time their jump in together

Monday before heading to the Fish Camp, our family of 5 headed to a fun riverside park in Kamloops to burn off some energy.  Jaydon of course wanted to play baseball and the girls wanted to swing.

Walking along the waterfront.

Father's Day

We celebrated Father's Day by giving Dad the morning to do work and then we went for a picnic at the park.  Everyone had a great time (minus the family at the park who got into a big fight and the police were called - I doubt they had a good time).  

 Play time

 Picnic time

Jaydon played catch most of the time - obsessed :-)

 Checking out the ducks

 Dad loves playing this game with the swingers, they almost kick him and he flies back, they laugh hysterically. Fun times all around.

Trip to AZ - Day 2

What a fun day in AZ, since it was a work day for most we enjoyed some family time in the morning and then headed over that afternoon to catch up with our friends who moved to AZ a year ago.

The housing area Auntie Kelsey and Uncle Tyler live in have some great parks and playgrounds that we enjoyed.

After heading back to the house for some quiet time we loaded the car to head to the Tutrow's for dinner and more play time.

Baseball with Gavin and James (Jaydon's former t-ball coach).

So much excitement made for a tired girl

Lucy and Blakely enjoyed the sand

 

We shared a delicious meal

And attempted to take a timer self-portrait.

When we got home it was time to get ready for bed.  The four oldest cousins were attempting to sleep in the same room, story time was fun but after two hours of no actual sleeping we moved them back to separate rooms. 

It was a beautiful day and so fun to have time to spend with family, good friends and just relaxing as our own family of five.

Family Photos

Wendy from Lensart photography (a neighbor of my mom who did our wedding pictures) took some family portraits for us - finally.  These are the first photos we have done with our family and it was a lot of fun.  I thought I had posted these a long time ago but looked back through and realized they weren't on the blog yet.  They were taken in September/October of '15.  We love them!