Trying to get settled

We have been home for 2 weeks now and we are slowly settling in. Matt was home for 5 days then headed back to Canada to finish his job there. While he was gone the girls and I headed to the westside to visit family and friends.

We met my friend Jo at Bellevue Square for lunch and little shopping.

Our first stop on our trip was Thom and Christines. We had a great time celebrating Grace and Thom's birthdays. On Friday we got to have Sophie hang with us for the day. The cousins had a blast just hanging out together.



Our next stop found us at Point Defiance Zoo. We met Jackie and the kids there along with Jackies sister, nephew, mom and Jackie's sisters in-laws. We had a great time seeing all the animals and watching all the cousins have a great time just hanging out and being silly.

Finally, we made it to Grandma's house. Janet and the girls along with Matt's mom Marcia come over for dinner and visit. We finally got to meet Sharlet and I got my baby fix!! The girls and I enjoyed 2 days of visiting with Grandma and doing our special Dairy Queen treat.

Last on our stop was Dad and Debbies. Kaitlyn have fun taking care of the horses with Debbie and decided she wanted to try riding Sunny again. She did a great job and was feeling very confident. But she decided to canter and Sunny got excited and took off. Kaitlyn panicked for a moment, lost her sturps and got bucked off. She was OK and is ready to get back on a horse at her next lesson.

Later in the day, Dad and Grace went on a 6 mile bike ride. Grace is quite the bike rider and kept up with dad. She was tired when she got back but really enjoyed just getting out there and spending time with Grandpa.

The next day Dad and Debbie took us out the Bloedel Reserve. It is a 150 acre "plantation". It has a few different gardens and a beautiful mansion. We all enjoyed walking around and just enjoying the different plants and sights.



Our trip ended with Janet and the girls coming over for dinner and one last visit. It was fun to get all our girls together.

It was so wonderful to go home and see everyone. It was a fairly quick visit moving from place to place but I am thankful that we are only a few hours away and we can come back for a longer visit and have our family and friends over to our house.