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.

Bellingham visit

We got to head on a multi-part vacation starting in Bellingham with the Citros.  It was so fun to catch up with them and play in our favorite town, not to mention eat at our favorite restaurants.

Mallard's Ice Cream!!

Climbing a fun tree outside the Marine Center.

Relaxing for a bit of movie time before going out to dinner. Sooo cute to see them all snuggled.

Playing at a new playground we found.

I got some snuggles with X before we had to leave for stop 2.

Thanks Citros - we had another fabulous weekend, sorry we were a bit late getting up there.

Swimming Lessons

The kids enjoyed their 2 week swim lessons again at our local outdoor pool.  It was fun that Gram could get into the water with Kate one day so I could take a few pics and not have to get wet.

Kate loved swimming so much that she has now been putting on swim suits (multiple at one time) and wearing them around all day.  It is cute, though also annoying when we want her to be in something besides 3 swim suits.

Lahti reunion part 2

The conclusion to our family reunion, and the reason we had it at this time, was to attend the Mariners game and see Griffey Jr.back in Seattle for his induction weekend. It was an amazing experience.  With all the little kids we decided to get a suite and it was really the best way to do it so that all the kids could move around and not have to sit in one seat. For a baseball loving family this was a very emotional day and celebration and we were so glad to be part of it (not to mention we all got the cool Griffey Jr. jerseys that were the giveaway).

Just hanging in the suite, watching the view and playing around.

Our view!

Linda and Neil

Amazing, we've been staring at the lone 42 for so long and now we have our own to add.

The pre-game ceremony involved many prominent black athletes from different Seattle sports.  The Glove threw out the first pitch to The Kid and it was so emotional!

Watching the game and eating some hot dogs

The inside view of our suite

Crazies lovin' the game.

Jaydon intently watching...the TV of the same game that is on the field.

Getting all the second cousins together with the Moose (E was having none of it)

E said no way to the Moose

WooHoo, we got the W

E was pretty cute with his popcorn bowl

Right as the game was ending Ichiro got his 3,000th hit, it was cool to see them replay the hit and call on the big screen.

The whole crew at the game

The kids got to go on the field and run around the bases post game.  It was fun.

Clara's off

Followed closely by Lucy

Kate and Jeremy following close behind

Kate touching 2nd while Clara and Lucy are heading to home

Jaydon walked with E

Jeremy ran with Kate and had her slide into home.

Kind of funny to watch Jaydon and E, until E fell, whoops, thankfully the Dads behind him helped him up.

Touching Home!  We had a wonderful time and loved spending time with our family and the Ms.