Hood Canal-SIBS weekend

14 of us gathered at Hood Canal for Sari/Chambers SIBS weekend. Lisa and Dom wanted to bring their siblings together for a weekend of fun and we were able to make it happen. Dom is the oldest of 7 and with the Sari 4 and significant others we had 14 sibs plus Owen and Clara. We introduced the Chambers to the excitement of the Canal...crabbing, sea life and even raw oysters! We all enjoyed each other and can't wait to celebrate together at the wedding!!

Lis & Dom making dinner on Friday night

sib swim

the Chambers family lined up for raw oysters (a necessary ritual for Hood Canal newcomers)

walking on the beach at low tide

dinner time

Sibling Laughs

Longview fun...

swimming in "Papa Bill's big pool"

snuggling with Sari at the pool

backyard with Gramma

Teresa practicing with 2 on her lap (she's due in 2 months with a little boy)

Matt & Teresa-how cute are they? Thank you for BBQing for all of us!

Owen & Maddie cooking dinner

snack time at the Castro's

playing at the Castro's house-Bailey, Addy, Owen, Clara and Maddie

making breakfast with Papa..."hawk eyes"

Whistler

Last week while we were having fun in Woodinville, Brett, Eric and Justin went riding in Whistler. They rode hard for two days and came back Saturday to hang out with us and treat their injuries (mostly minor...right boys?).

Toasting with Whistler Ale before leaving Woodinville

Eric & Brett on the mountain

Papa Bill's pool

A Duet, by Owen & Jack

Woodinville

On Tuesday night, Justin, Brett and I loaded up the kids and they boys' bikes and drove to Woodinville. Brett, Justin and Eric have had a Whistler trip planned for a long time and were all very excited to get there. I made it to Seattle with them and the kids and we had a fun week with auntie Ria and got to visit with some other friends too!

playing in the water at Redmond Towne Center with Ria

Cassie came over for dinner and after Clara doused her in spit up, we roped her into bath and story time with the kids-thanks Cass!

We loved seeing you, thank you again!

On Thursday the Fraser fam came from Bremerton to stay for a night...yep, 4 kids 2 and under sleeping in the same house:)

Maggie and Clara are a little over a week apart and had fun looking at and sucking on each other

Jack and Owen are 7 weeks apart and had way too much fun together

Owen really liked Maggie too and wanted to read her Caps For Sale in the morning

We were out the door by 9:30 to hit up the Woodland Park Zoo!

Woodland Park Zoo

On Friday morning we hit the zoo with the Fraser Fam! The orangutan was our first stop and he came right up to the window to greet Owen and Jack. Jack LOVED it...Owen was not so sure about him. The monkeys and elephants were the favorites of the morning and the kids did really well. The Frasers had to get back to Bremerton after lunch, but we stayed at the zoo until 3:45! Owen wanted to go back to see the orangutans and elephants and he was much more comfortable the second time around.

The Otters

checking out the elephants or "AREAS!" as Jack would say :)

feeding the giraffes with Ria