relaxed

We were a little lazier on our last day.

We spent a little time on the lake:

Then headed back into Winthrop for some more ice cream!

Then we spent a little time just hanging out before packing up and heading back home.

Sunday was a busy day

We had a lot we needed to fit in on Sunday.

We decided to go out for breakfast. Andrew asked to sit at the counter. :)

Then Matt and Andrew played a round of mini golf and Mason found a perfect little spot to take a break.

Then we hit what might have been the highlight for Andrew - the candy store!

Then a quick visit to the fish hatchery, of course!

We tried to make it to a view point that my boss told me about, but we drove up in the hills for about 30 minutes and realized we still had a ways to go, so we stopped at this little waterfall area instead. Matt and Andrew found some fresh bear poop!! We didn't stay long.

Then we had lunch while Matt tried to watch the Seahawks game. After lunch, Matt went to the bar so he could actually see the TV and we ventured around Winthrop. Andrew got a rubber band gun-shooter which he thinks is pretty cool. We also found a little park and actually had a pretty nice 2 hours of not doing much.

Still with me? :) After the game, Matt and Andrew did a little fishing. Me and Mason spent most of the time in the truck. Mason was fine with it.

Then. Because it was our 10th anniversary, we had a nice dinner at the Duck Brand. Happy anniversary to us!!

getting there

We spent the weekend in the Methow Valley this weekend. My boss has a cabin there and we finally took him up on his offer to use it! We had a great time and I think we came back well rested instead of needing a vacation to recover from our vacation.

It's a 4 hour drive, so getting there was a bit of a trick with the boys. We decided to go Saturday morning so we could make a couple stops along the way. Here's how we got there.

Had lunch at the Skagit River Brewery:

Stopped at Lake Diablo:

Stopped in Winthrop for the standard horse ride picture and some ice cream:

Did some last minute grocery shopping:

And finally arrived at the beautiful cabin in Twisp, just in time for dinner:

visiting Tim & Joe

We went to Portland this weekend to visit Tim and Joe. It was a quick trip, but we were able to get some good visiting and some good food in while we were there!

We met up at a restaurant for dinner (have I mentioned lately that we love our GPS?!) and had the best wings we've ever had. Andrew wasn't hungry so Mason picked up his corn dog and gave it a try. Turns out he loves them!

When Tim & Joe lived in San Diego they introduced us to the California burrito. Then, when they moved to Portland, they found the Oregon burrito. They are delicious (carne asada and fries - seriously delicious). They have a Washington burrito too, but for some reason they're not as good. Maybe because we're not on vacation when we have ours?

Here we are in line, waiting for donuts. Our wait was an hour and 15 minutes! That's us on the far right side of the picture. They have a crazy variety of donuts - Andrew had to decide between one with Fruit Loops, Cocoa Puffs, or M&M's. He chose M&M's and I've never seen him eat a donut so fast. He loved it!

Then we headed to the market. We didn't stay long because the boys were ready to run around, but we did stay long enough to find a balloon man. Andrew got a pirate sword, hat and holster and pretty much made his day.

After our little tour of Portland, we decided to head back to their house to just relax and enjoy the sun. They have a great back yard - we did our best to break it in for them. :0)

We forgot to pack swim shorts. Nothing wrong with this...

Thanks for a great weekend guys. Maybe next time we'll stay for more than 24 hours... Although this way we were able to leave without the boys going too crazy or having any meltdowns. So maybe it was perfect after all!