At the end of July, Jenna was invited to go down and stay with her cousins in Medford OR for a few weeks.
She had such a great time being apart of the West family. Among the many fun things they did were swim, learning to play tennis, library visits, children's museum and lots of cousin play time!
We sure did miss having her but knew she was making great memories. It was so gracious of the West family to take care of her for such a long period of time :)
After Jenna's stay at their home, they all drove up and stayed with us for a week (except for Uncle Lance and their two oldest boys). So the party continued!!!
Here are some highlights--some of the pics are out of order.
Here the kids are under the Space Needle.
The Seattle Childrens Museum was a first for us as well. The kids had a blast!
Checking out the rest of the Seattle Center--next time we'll have to plan to stop and play in the water :)
Children's Museum--grocery shopping! This was one of the cutest things ever to watch!!
Building a tower
Another day we visited Newcastle Beach Park--the sun didn't come out to play much this day but the kids still enjoyed themselves! Here is Leah and Macy.
Whitney, Sierra and Jenna found mussels in the water and along the swimming ropes.
Leah helping to bury Jenna-- Leah was a crack up with the sand. At first she didn't like getting her feet and hands in the sand, then she couldn't get enough of playing in it! She had sand EVERYWHERE by the time we left. It is not fun to get sand out of hair!!
Point Defiance Zoo was another place we visited. The kids got to go on a Camel ride!
Jenna was just a tad nervous--but at the end of the day said it was her favorite thing :)
Petting an armadillo
Sunni wanted to take her kids to see the Seattle Temple--we had never taken the girls to walk around the grounds. I'm so glad we did, it was such a wonderful visit!!
Here are Leah and Bryson--we made make crayons (melting pieces into molds). They are watching them melt through the oven window.
This was taken at the West's home in Medford. Aunt Sunni curled the girls hair all fancy for church.
So cute!!!
The West's were here for our neighborhood National Night Out event.
Here is Sunni with the kiddos checking out the helicopter!
Group shot of the cousins in front of the Temple.
It was a busy week, filled with many wonderful memories! I am so grateful for the time my kids get to spend with their cousins. Those are some of my fondest memories growing up, which I am sure will be for my kids as well.
Thank you West family for having Jenna stay with you and then coming up to visit us!!
