Home from the San Juans
Bill really enjoyed listening to the birthday songs on his return. Sid and Bopcha's was first, and so we started laughing because Bopcha was laughing. Somehow that set the tone, so we really had fun hearing the variety that followed. Thank you for ushering in his 60th with such fanfair!
Nina's art is delightful, and it sounds like Alex is turning out a bit like Noah. I think the younger brother pecking order works quite well. Sandra, we love Nina and Alex stories. It's perfectly OK to brag to relatives!
We had a great time in the San Juans. We had a whole house to ourselves! On Saturday, we took a whale watching boat out for about 4 hours. We had a captain, of course, and it was a small boat with only six paying passengers. It isn't whale season, so we didn't see any, but we saw HUGE SEA LIONS and seals and deer and goats (the last two on islands that we passed) and lots of fancy summer houses owned by fancy people. John Wayne used to own one of the little islands. We also saw three or four eagles keeping their beedie eyes on the sound, looking for salmon.
On Sunday we went to a park, took a hike, and walked along the beach. It was bright and sunny, but chilly. The San Juans are in a rain shadow, so they get half the rain Seattle gets.
As kids get older, it is hard to pull off vacations together. This one was great - just spending time with our beautiful children. They were fun, and didn't once act impatient or bored. Bless their little hearts.
Back to reality - we are happy to be home and happy to have been able to get away.
Sorry about the Eagles. We saw the second half and were really disappointed that they lost after such an exciting come back.
Love,
Dee
Nina's art is delightful, and it sounds like Alex is turning out a bit like Noah. I think the younger brother pecking order works quite well. Sandra, we love Nina and Alex stories. It's perfectly OK to brag to relatives!
We had a great time in the San Juans. We had a whole house to ourselves! On Saturday, we took a whale watching boat out for about 4 hours. We had a captain, of course, and it was a small boat with only six paying passengers. It isn't whale season, so we didn't see any, but we saw HUGE SEA LIONS and seals and deer and goats (the last two on islands that we passed) and lots of fancy summer houses owned by fancy people. John Wayne used to own one of the little islands. We also saw three or four eagles keeping their beedie eyes on the sound, looking for salmon.
On Sunday we went to a park, took a hike, and walked along the beach. It was bright and sunny, but chilly. The San Juans are in a rain shadow, so they get half the rain Seattle gets.
As kids get older, it is hard to pull off vacations together. This one was great - just spending time with our beautiful children. They were fun, and didn't once act impatient or bored. Bless their little hearts.
Back to reality - we are happy to be home and happy to have been able to get away.
Sorry about the Eagles. We saw the second half and were really disappointed that they lost after such an exciting come back.
Love,
Dee
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