Giant post

Well... where to start where to start. Let's start with our trip to WA. We got there on Friday afternoon and we stayed for about a week leaving on a Wednesday. We went to the beach a couple times and took a ferry ride and had some seafood, played board games and hung out. There were 8-10 kids running around playing the whole time but luckily they were able to spend most of their time playing outside so it worked out great. On our first trip to the beach we accidentally ended up also taking a 2 1/4 mile hike to get there. None of us were expecting that so needless to say we wer not prepared! We all had flip flops on and had to carry our little ones on a steep hike. Even though it was definitely hard and a work out it was sooo beautiful to hike through all the trees and there was even a little creek running alongside part of the way so all in all I'd say it was worth it.

We left WA early Wenesday morning so we could make the long trip home, 12 hours, cut in two because we stopped halfway and stayed at Aaaron and Sarah's house in Boise. our kids did so amazingly on the whole trip we were very proud and surprised! Unfortunately when we got home on Thursday all three of the munchkins got sick with fevers and coughs. I was a little worried because Kai was supposed to start school on the following Monday. He was able to pull through for his first day though and he liked school alot. He even made a few friends already. I'll admit it was really hard leaving "our baby" at school alone. Lucky for us it was only for three hours and the school is right down the street from our house.

Anyways I guess that's enough talk for now, here are the pics. ENJOY!

On the ferry ride.

The whole Hillgrove bunch that was able to make it to WA.

All the cousins!:)

Yay for sand!

Resting for a quick pic. during our LOOOONG hike!

Look at all these shells!

Victory! We finally made it to the beach!

On our hike!

Kids on the exciting car ride!