Visitors

I can't believe that it has already been 2 1/2 weeks, but that is when Grandma, Grandpa and Grandma Pam arrived!  They got to run around with us and attend all the kids activities and go to the market.  It was a packed couple of weeks!  We had a fun outing to the Cal Bears/UW Husky football game without the kids.  We had awesome seats and the Huskies crushed the Bears, so it was awesome :o).

We did a little thrift store shopping and Reggie got an early birthday present from Grandma Pam that he was very excited about.

The following weekend we headed to our annual Halloween KOA camping trip.  It was REALLY fun and our group costumes were met with mixed emotions, but surprisingly there were a lot of closet Seahawk fans.  Ryan did get shot with a cannon for wearing his jersey (I wish I had taken a picture....they created a pirate ship with a working cannon!).  The kids ran around with their friends and Ainsley was so happy to see her friend Morgan from last year :o).  They jumped on the jumpy, swam and Reggie banana biked with Noah.  The adults relaxed, hung around the campfire and did lots of Jello shots on trick-or-treat night!

 Wild Style was running around somewhere too!

 We made it to the beach for a bit.  We saw a few whales blowing out water :o).

Of all of our friends, we had the only cabin with a bathroom and refrigerator and the only reason we ended up with that is because mom and dad REALLY wanted a bathroom.  I put our name on the wait-list and they just finished building the cabin, so it was brand new!  It wasn't the layout we were used to, but we made it work and everyone was VERY thankful to have a bathroom.  The kids enjoyed hanging out in our cabin too and watching movies (isn't that what camping is all about??!!):

 This is what Halloween is all about!

We went straight from KOA to Ainsley's gymnastics meet and I'm glad everyone got to watch her in action.  Then we shared one of our favorite places to eat, Sweet Tomatoes.  Aunt Pam left the next day and mom and dad left this morning.  I am very glad they were here this week since Ryan was traveling and I had to be in 3 places at once due to the kids activities.  They were a great help :o).  I am trying to figure out a way to simplify, but so far no good answers.
Dad did a lot of work around the house, cleaning gutters and filling cracks in the driveway and mom fixed up the plants and pruned rose bushes, so they kept busy while the kids were at school.  Oh and I almost forgot that dad bought a car on Ebay and had it shipped here, so they were working out all those details!  Let's hope it is a reliable car since he is driving it 900 miles today (in the rain-fitting it rains on the day they leave)!
We were sad to have them go, but we will see them before we know it!