Camping with G & G

Grandma & Grandpa visits are always a highlight for the kids. Ethan had been planning out their visit for some time, full of all kinds of fun things he wanted to do when G&G were in town. We did get out and hit many of his requests such as camping, visits to the beach, movie nights and the Lego store (unfortunate for me, fortunate to Ethan, we have a new Lego store at out local mall & he can’t get there enough).

Our trip started with a camping trip to Lake Chelan. Last year was our first visit to Lake Chelan and we quickly chastised ourselves for not having visited before. It is such a beautiful and calming place to visit. This stay we camped at Lake Chelan State Park, which was perfect … great access to the lake, showers, playgrounds, a store on site for treats or must have items we forgot, and hiking.  The kids had a blast and we did as well. Ethan enjoyed meeting other kids from the campground at the play area and still talks about one of the boys to this day asking if he can invite him to his birthday party.

I got the wonderful opportunity to carry Ava around on many of our little hikes. She was not a fan of the hiking backpack and would find ways to weasel her way out of the straps and try to kamikaze out of the pack. Soooo, much carrying we did. :)

G&G keeping up on the hikes!

Ethan was thrilled to have conquered the tree near our campsite. Dad offered some assistance of course. 

Grandpa knows how to make friends with Ava by helping her out with her otter pop. 

When we arrived in Lake Chelan we stopped at a local farmer's market for lunch which had these cute little goats. It was hard to get the kids to focus on eating as all they wanted to do was play with and feed the goats. 

We also enjoyed movie night.

An evening at Picnic Point Beach Park is always a fun treat. We enjoyed a sunny warm evening while the kids played in the creek that leads to the Sound. They can spend hours building dams or throwing items in the stream and following them downstream.

We even had a chance to celebrate Father’s Day and grandpa Joe’s birthday with our extended family. Only in the Pacific Northwest would you experience such a blustery and wet mid-June afternoon at the park. The rain didn’t bother the kids but all of the adults stayed under the covered area for the most part. We had some soggy, tired and cold kiddos on the way home … but they were happy!