Friday, July 30, 2010

Family Vacation

Last week Chris and I went to Washington for a Hammond family reunion! It was so much fun, we stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge. Which is an indoor water park not to far from his brother's house. Then later we got to visit my family in Oregon. We had such a great time!



The water park is designed to look like a huge cabin, it was amazing!

You can see the water park outside those big windows



This is the clock tower where they have story time every night!






I couldn't get a good picture of the water slides, but you can see how big they are! They were so much fun, the red and yellow one has a huge drop off and then you slide up and down it, it's awesome!



Here is what it looks inside



It was cloudy a couple of the days, but the last day it was really nice and we got to lay outside!



Chris had a little too much sun...







We played inside, Mason had to show Chris how to properly cross the lily pads, since Chris was having a hard time :)



We played in the wave pool...well they did, since they're not my favorite.







We had a great time swimming! Although Chris and his brother did get a little burned...OUCH!






July 22nd was Chris 24th birthday and we got to celebrate it there with his family!



Chris got some fun presents! Afterward we went out to dinner at this fun local restaurant







This sign was so funny, I had to take a picture!







Storytime! All the kids loved it, it was really cute.



Everyone was very interactive and howled like a wolf!



Even Mike got excited when Wiley the Wolf came out :)



Chris and I had fun watching the kids expressions and listening to the story.



We sang along....



....Mike and Barb had fun playing with their grand kids



Afterward the kids got to meet Wiley



One of the nights we went to the Northern Lights Arcade.



We got lots of tokens and played tons of games



I almost won 100 tickets here!



Chris had a lot of fun, I didn't even see him most the time!






Traci and I found lots of tokens because they were so camouflaged on the floor!



Mike played this game most the time...guess it's addictive!










We all won lots of tickets!! Traci won 250 at this game!



Since we won close to 700 tickets Mason got to pick out an awesome prize!



The last day there was Sunday and we just played around before we had to check out.






We had a great time together, thanks Mike and Barb for all the fun memories!



Chris and I weren't done playing yet.... After we left Wolf Lodge we drove down to visit my family for a few days in Oregon!

We got to go to the beach, which is one of my favorite things to there



My Dad loves throwing Mya (our dog) the ball all the way out in the ocean, she swims so far out there it's crazy!




You always have to have a picture of toes in the sand



Being silly....



We met this strange man who seemed to think the beach parking lot was his personal gym...
This was just abs, he spent at least 30min lifting an apple juice jug for biceps



My mom and I got to spend some good quality time together and catch up on everything



My sister Nicole came with us too, but my brother Adam decided to stay home to play xbox :)



Chris and his new best friend Mya



We love the beach! Wish we lived closer!



We also got to go golfing at the Corvallis Country Club







Nicole and I love to drive the carts fast and crazy



My dad is a great golf player and coaches us whenever we go, which is always appreciated.






Chris got a bunch of golf stuff for his birthday and we live next to a golf course, so we'll have to go more often!



I love my puppies Mya and Bella!



Our last night there we had a yummy BBQ!



We had fun spending time together! Thanks mom and dad for letting us stay and play with you!



Chris and I are so grateful to have such fun loving families! We had an awesome trip, but were ready to come home...



....to our cute little Eva, who really missed us!