We were honored to have our friends the Smiths to our house this past weekend. It's a long drive - especially through rush hour traffic towards the end of summer - but they finally got here around naptime on Friday. We had just stayed with them while we were on our visit to Washington, but we really enjoy showing people our new home and our new town.
Friday night was our standard trip to Putter's. The kids all had fun, and dad and son (Jay & Jay) had some one-on-one time playing mini-golf. The Fosters were also there on their weekly dinner with Lisa's family, so we took up half of the tables by the play area!
Saturday was a big day... we headed over to the coast for some fun in the sand. We thought it would be chilly, but ended up with perfect weather. The kids all got very sandy, very wet, and very tired! Aaron guided us to this great beach near the Heceta Head lighthouse, and it ended up being the perfect place to play!
Leilani had the great idea of stopping by our house for swimsuits, then heading to Camp Harlow for swimming - leave the sand there instead of bringing it home! Everyone had a great time... after lots of encouragement and warming up, Mark & I did flips off the diving board!! Amanda jumped off the diving board (with help) - and didn't like it. Andrew went down the slide with mommy - and didn't like it. But the Smith kids all had a blast, and Jay valiantly tried to teach Kassidy and little Jay to dive.
It was a busy day, but we had a great time and the kids all slept really well!
Sunday we got to enjoy outdoor church at Camp Harlow - which sounds like a great idea, until you're trying to get 6 kids under the age of 8 to sit still... they did pretty well. There was some great worshipful dancing during the singing!
We really had a great time with you guys, and can't wait for the next visit! Hopefully traffic will be better next time... Thanks for taking the time to come hang out with us!!
PS - I will get some pictures posted tomorrow!
6 years ago
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