Rick & Brenda: Vacation w/ Chelsea & Jake

Vacation!! Chelsea & Jake took the train out from Wisconsin. Their first stop was in Idaho to visit with his family for a week. We met them at Sun Lakes State Park for the Memorial Day weekend. Camping was alot of fun and we got to catch up & visit with Jake's mom & dad also. Chelsea & Jake then came home with us for the second week of their trip. It was a busy few days after we came home. Wednesday, we took a quick trip down to Portland to visit a really cool book store. Everyone came home with books and Jake found a few for work that he had been looking for. On the way back from Portland, we took a side trip to Mount St. Helens. Thursday, we went to Tacoma to the farmers market, had a nice lunch, and got everything ready for our BBQ on friday. Friday, Jake & Rick went out fishing while Chelsea & Brenda went to Seattle for the day with Grandma, Jackie, Sami Jo, & Alli. We spent some time at Pikes Place Market, had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, and then to the 5th Ave. to see Grease!! After the show it was back to our house for a Wisconsin BBQ of brauts, hot dogs, Wisconsin cheese and beer. Chelsea & Jake brought the cheese and beer all the way from Wisconsin with them!! It was fun for everyone to get to visit with them before they went home Saturday morning.

Memorial Day - Sun Lakes State Park

Chelsea & Brenda kayaking on Deep Lake

Jake fishing Banks Lake

Rick caught a small mouth bass!!

Chelsea & Rick geo caching. They found this one, but the next one proved to be exciting. They went thru a hole in the mountain and Brenda went to see how they were doing, there was a snake in the hole!! They were able to find an alternative way out of the area.