vacation fun

Thursday night we got back from spending 2 weeks in Washington.  We had such a good time visiting friends and family.  Our time there went WAY too fast and it made us miss the Northwest even more.  On our way to Washington, we stopped in Utah for a Hanson family reunion.  We were only there for a couple days, but we managed to squeeze in some fun.  These first few pics are from when we were visiting temple square.

The next day, we hit Lagoon.   This was Jakes first time at an amusement park.  We were interested to see how he would do with the rides.  He loved all the kiddie rides and with no nap, he was VERY tired by the time we left. 

  

His most daring ride was the Log Flume.  He didn't see the final drop, and we didn't point it out to him.  I don't think he would have gone on the ride had he see that part.  I think the drop took him by surprise, but when i asked him if he had fun, he said he did.  When I asked if he wanted to go on the ride again, he quickly replied...no.

  

Grace had a hard time getting naps in because it was so noisy there, but for the most part, she was pretty good.  Here she is lounging in her car seat.

Most of the time we were in Washington, we were relaxing and hanging out with family.  We have some friends, the Jerdons, who we knew from our time in England.  They are living in Eugene right now, so we arranged to meet them at the beach.  It was so great to see them and catch up.  They have two boys, Caleb and Brenden, and Jake had such a fun time playing with them.  Here are a few shots from the beach.  I think this is the closest Jake got to the water.

Here are the boys out back at the house we stayed at.  

I tried to take a few pictures of Jake, but he was NOT being cooperative.  oh well, maybe next time.

        

And here is the whole gang.  It was so much fun to see them and catch up with what was happening in their family.  Thanks for meeting us there...we will have to do it again sometime!

Once afternoon, we went with Temple and some of the cousins to a nice spot on the river.  The weather was so perfect and it was so fun.

We were all a bit surprised when Jake went running into the water without any prompting from us.  I think he was chasing his cousin Mark in there.  We were glad to see him get a little more daring.  I think the water got up to his waist at one point.

Grace napping again!

We had such a fun time on our trip.  Jake loved seeing his grandparents, cousins and meeting new friends.  Now we are back to life as usual.  It's kindof nice that we have this long weekend to ease is back into it!