Tolmie State Park

Our first real adventure after injuring my back was out to Tolmie State Park back in June.  It was a great afternoon, the weather was great, low tide brought many "treasures", and we had great company! I was astonished at the amount of Sand Dollars there were.  It was a first for me to see a live one and they were ALL OVER!  We had to be careful where we walked so we didn't step ont them, all of the bumps in the sand in the below pictures are sand dollars buried in the sand. 

 

Sunday Drive to Elbe

We've continued our tradition that started on the East Coast of taking Sunday drives.  On this particular Sunday we decided to drive out towards Mt. Rainier and just happened to drive through the town of Elbe at the perfect time.  The engine was just returning from it's excursion so we sat and watched the engineer and staff prepare to park the train.  Needless to say Micah was beyond excited. 

Lattin's Farm

We love going to Lattin's Farm outside of Olympia Saturday mornings.  Not only is it fun for the kids with the animals, maze, and water pump, it's fun for the big kids with fresh made apple fritters.  Absolutely delicious!

When auntie comes to take care of mommy...

"We get in all kinds of trouble!"

Shelly came to hang out with me for a few days and help me while I was out of commission with my back and Tyson was out of town.  It was great to have her here to keep me company and to keep my house as clean as it could be with 4 under 4 running around!

Camping in the cold

After our Labor Day Camping trip last year, we couldn't wait to get back this summer.  We hit up our favorite area, but camped on the dry side of the mountains near Rimrock Lake instead of one of our regular WA campgrounds.  It was fun, but COLD! In fact we spent a majority of the weekend huddled under "tarp city" and next to the fire, which was totally fine with me since I was still out of commission because of my back.  

We did venture out to the Packwood Flea Market and were quite the sight.  If you ever want people to stare and make comments about you, limp along and push a stroller with 4 kids.  I've never heard so many comments about birth control and Kendra almost threw down with a big biker dude for mimicking my limp!

 We thought Maddie was slumped over sleeping...

Maddie being a goof...

 Mike feeding Rylee an elephant ear

 Shell giving him the "look"

 A rare moment between Maddie and Hallie

 Max was so cute! He sat so calmly in the stroller all weekend!

 Micah and Maddie had so much fun together, they did shows for each other throughout the weekend.  In fact all of the kids played so well together all weekend!

This is Maddie's new "sleep face"