Our big summer trip was a three-week trip to the Northwest which included Washington, Victoria, B.C., and Oregon. Our first stop was the Stock house in Washington. The cousins all spent some quality time just hanging out at parks, in the backyard, roasting marshmallows, and playing together.
The girls shared a room with their cousin, Jack. It was a pretty hilarious situation which we got to watch on one of the Stocks' security cameras we moved into their bedroom to use as a video monitor. (As a side note, I've since purchased one for the girls here at home and it's awesome. I can check my phone before going to bed to make sure Sabrina hasn't fallen out of her bed, etc. without having to go in and wake them up.) But overall, they tired themselves out pretty good during the day, so they did pretty well together at night.
Tom brought the photo studio with us on vacation to try to capture pictures of the cousins. As you can tell, it was more of a comedy act than a success, but cute in its own way.
We went to the beach at the Puget Sound and found a million tiny sand dollars and played in the water.
We also got to spend some quality time at the Stock family cabin allowing our kids to enjoy the same things Tom and his siblings got to enjoy as youngsters. The kids had a great time exploring the various boat options and just swimming around playing in the water.
We were also in town for the Rogge family reunion. It was a lovely home in rural Washington with a hammock, a large yard, and raspberries. It made it a super eventful and exciting event for the children involved and it was fun being with all the extended cousins as well.
And, we got to enjoy plenty of fabulous Pacific Northwest views from the Stocks' backyard. It was beautiful.
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