We have been to Washington twice since September. In July, Ryan's parents moved to the tri-city area and at the end of September his grandpa (who lived in Vancouver) passed away so we travelled to Kennewick for the funeral. Ryan, along with his sister and several cousins spoke at the funeral, and they all did such a great job. It was exactly the right balance of spiritual and fond memories of a great life.
Then we travelled there again at the end of October for Halloween. We had a really good time. We went to Disney on Ice which was fabulous! I would definitely pay good money to see that again...my kids loved it! Meg was absolutely beside herself when Tinkerbell made her appearance...she would cheer and throw her hands up in the air. So funny. We went on a tour of the farm where Ryan's dad works. Unbelievable. I have never seen so many cows. Seriously...it was mind boggling. The area where they kept the baby calves went on forever. We would like to go on another tour when we have more time. We didn't get to see everything that we wanted to. After we left there, we drove to Hood River to meet my brother, Garon, and my sister-in-law, Kati. They drove from Salem to meet us for dinner. We chatted with them for a couple of hours and it was fun and so nice to see them again so soon! On Halloween, Ryan's mom threw a fabulous party with lots of yummy and scary food. We took the kids to a trunk or treat and did a little neighborhood trick-or-treating. Waaaay to much candy. It was a fun trip, and our kids are getting to be really good travellers. I'm so thankful to be alive when we have so many modern conveniences. I don't know how we would survive without DVD players in the car. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I am a little disappointed that I didn't get better pictures of my kids, but Zach had been sick before we left and I think all of the travelling was hard on him. He was a grouch and wouldn't really cooperate.
This is actually before our trip. I took the kids to my parent's house so they could see their costumes.
Any guesses where we had lunch one day?
Group photo at Chuck E. Cheese's.
Disney on Ice!
Here we are in Hood River. More pizza!
I wish I had a better Halloween picture of Meg. She was Pinkalicious (if you haven't read the book it is about a little girl who eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink...it's a really fun story and one of Meg's favorites). I made her a really cute tutu and this is the only picture I have of her in it.
Remember how I said Zach was being a grouch? Have you ever seen such a sad face? Zach was dressed as Ben Ten, Rece was Harry Potter, and Meg was Pinkalicious. This picture was taken right before we left to go trick or treating.
