We of course, saw our friends the Richins and got a few pictures of the kids.






We were able to go to Vancouver for a quick trip to say goodbye to our friends the Evans and the guys play poker. They are going to be missionaries in Mexico but for now they are off to language school for a year. This was the last time all the kids could be together for a long while. It was fun, a bit loud and chaotic with 10 kids but so worth it. Here is our group of girlfriends we have no idea when we will all be together again. It seems God has called most of us to leave the Vancouver area but we have such good memories together.

The City

The Ferry ride!!


The train ride! It was nice and air conditioned!

So we were staying about 45 min to an hour away from New York city so we decided to take the train and subway to the city. People said it would be a fun experience. We decided to go on a HOT day it was 96 degrees and MUGGY. The subway was so hot and not so fun. But we did enjoy our ferry ride to Staton Island and Central Park.

Conneticut beach

The kids looking at the water


We were so close to CT we decided to take a road trip to a beach. The kids loved throwing rocks in the ocean. Blake hasn't been to the beach in OR or WA yet so he had his first experience on the East coast. It was definitely warmer than any beach around WA.

New York

So I guess I am crazy. It was quite a feat to travel across the country with 2 kids all alone. But as I looked back on the journey I knew it had to have been God bringing all the right people to help me out at the right time. It was so AMAZING to spend time with Brian, I don't know what I would have done without him for 3 weeks. He is a great dad. Here is a video of Aly jumping, we were at the pool at least once a day the whole time we were there.

Aly and Pink High Heels

Look at those shoes, ok they don't match but she loved them.

Tim McGraw Concert

Part of the concert we were watching from the 8th row, it was soo CLOSE





The bus ride


Me and My BFF

So I am way behind but Rachel, Megan and I went to the Tim McGraw concert it was a blast!!

Cooking with Grandma

The kids have so much fun with Grandma and she has such patience for their mess. Here they are making rice krispy treats.