Alsea Falls camping trip

In early August we took a family camping trip to a place called Alsea Falls. It's about 35 miles from Corvallis, very pretty, and fairly remote and quiet. We had a great time...until the last morning (Sunday) when the boys disturbed an in-ground bees nest and then it got a little less great. Calen was stung three times, Owen was unscathed (except I think both the boys were stung once each on Friday), and Mark was stung once.
Once Calen calmed down he was willing to let us stay long enough to eat breakfast and finish packing up. :) Overall we had a great time.

Washington - a playdate, camping and a ferry ride.

The boys and I had a chance to take a long trip to Washington the end of June. It was a blast hanging out for so long with my family. We got a to take a three night camping trip with most of my family, and do a couple hikes too. The boys also got to take their first ferry ride on the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry. We also got to get together with my good friends Melissa and Danielle and their kids. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Mukilteo Lighthouse (I think)

It was very windy!

Whidbey Island had a free bus system that we rode to Langley

Puppet shop

Crazy cousins...

Is it just me or do my boys look very similar in these pics?

The family

Tasty smores

Hiking to the Big 4 ice caves

So beautiful

If you look closely you can see Calen

Salmonberries!

I like how these three pictures make it look like Jeremiah fell over the side and Owen is shocked. :)