Thursday, August 21, 2008

eastern washington

we got back a few days ago from a week of vacation. we had a great time, as it's always refreshing to get away and out of the normal routine. it truly felt like a summer vacation as it was hot & sunny and tyler & i got to spend some good time together and were able to catch up on some R&R. riley and i's first stop was in seattle for a night to celebrate claire's birthday. there were babies everywhere as martha & henry joined up with us, as well as ang & ellie and erin & wesley.

tyler picked us up in seattle the next day and we drove to spokane for four nights. our main purpose was to attend tyler's ten year high school reunion, but we also got to spend a day with our good friends the bowie's as well as a day on tyler's aunt & uncles boat (the 100 degree day!) tyler, riley & i also had a morning to ourselves to get coffee, breakfast and a walk through manito park. we walked through the japanese garden and decided to do a little family photo shoot. (a little staged & cheesy, yes, but still some cute pictures, nonetheless!)

we left spokane and stopped in ellensburg and stayed a night with kristen, dj & cora. we had so much fun with them just sitting around and watching our babies play, as well as a nice walk, lots of yummy food and a late night hot tub trip for kristen & i. we had so much fun! thanks shooks for such a nice 24 hours!


i also need to announce that riley officially started crawling the morning i left for seattle last week! each day she has become more and more confident in her ability, so i definitely have a moving baby now!

1 comment:

the o's said...

love the pics eliz! and we have family pics seriously right on that rock riley's sitting on in the japanese gardens! glad you had a good time and congrats to riley for being on the move!