Our summer so far has been so great- I can't believe it's halfway over. It's been a month so there's lots to catch up on.
First was Bryant and Sandra came to visit us for forth of July. They enjoyed Bend with us on Bend's biggest city-wide celebration of the year. We walked the downtown festival, saw Tumalo Falls, and then watched the great fireworks on Pilot Butte. We scouted out an awesome place for watching that was really close and not very crowded. We all went to church together the next day which was also really nice.
Thanks Bryant and Sandra for coming, we love you!
Next on the travel log is the first ever Olmstead family reunion, held in Monterey, California. We made the trek by car and stopped in Ashland, to see a play at the Shakespere festival- which was excellent, as usual. The next stop was Monterey and our lovely family who, for the first time since the little ones were born, got together.
We had such a great time catching up, going to the beach, eating good food, going to the aquarium, sightseeing and playing with the babies.
Lily, (Mark's sister Joy's daughter) had grown up a lot and was as cute as could be. She is a delightful, curious little girl with lots of energy. She was captivated by the other guests' dogs that would play in the courtyard.
Fhynn (Mark's other sister Alicia's son) Had grown a lot since we saw him in December. He can walk now and loved getting so much attention from everyone. He is still as cute as ever and was really fun to watch eat, picking everything up and feeling it before putting it in his mouth.
Being with our family made me wish we weren't so far away from each other. MISS YOU GUYS!
After we said goodbye at Montery, the 3 of us went on to San Francisco. Wow, what an awesome city. The history is so rich there and there is so much to see. We did a tour, seeing Chinatown, Golden Gate Park and the Japanese garden, the Painted Ladies victorian houses (and go to go inside one), the Palace of Fine Arts and then at last, -Bailey's favorite- drive over the Golden Gate Bridge. The weather couldn't have been better. Even though it was pleasant, we still got to see the fog roll over the bridge- just beautiful.
Well, that's it so far. Next week it's off again. We'll be taking Bailey to EFY in Tacoma while Mark and I drive up to the San Juan Islands to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. (Yes, I can't believe it's been 20 years either! Go us!)
