Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Jerri, Mark and Zoe come to visit from Minneapolis!

My childhood friend Jerri and her husband and their 13 month old daughter came to visit us for eight days in August. We had a great time showing them some of our favorite hikes and places to go on Mt. Hood and at the coast. The first day of their trip we headed up to Trillium lake and enjoyed a picnic lunch and went sea kayaking. The girls had a blast playing and wading in the water. The next few days we camped at Ft. Stevens and also explored Cannon Beach and Ecola state park. The day after we came back a few of my friends also facilitated an awesome baby shower/blessingway at my house while Jerri was here. It was great to be able to have her here for it. It was hard to just pick a few pictures, so I posted a fair amount.

This was taken before our guests arrived. We tested out our hand me down bike trailer with Meadow and she loved it. Todd and Meadow relaxing on the back of the pick up.
Zoe and Meadow at Trillium Lake. Both the girls just love the water.

Truck all geared up for our camping trip.
Back of the truck on the drive on I84



Zoe and Meadow got busy right away at the campsite playing with buckets and sand.
A cute photo opp of the girls in the bike trailer.
Meadow loves the coast, can't you tell.



Having a scrumptious breakfast. I believe this morning was blueberry pancakes.


Even though, Zoe wasn't too fond of riding in the trailer she did love to model her bike helmet. They really did have a grand time together.
The campsite! We really lucked out with the weather. It sprinkled here and there, but only when we were driving or sleeping.







Meadow posing for this picture


The Wagners at Ecola State Park




The girls at the North Jetty, where the Columbia River and the ocean meet.



Meadow was also helping Zoe walk in this photo.
As always, our trip to the coast seemed to fly by. We did get eat some ice cream and enjoyed some great food. Todd got a chance to surf kayak. If we had more time, we would have like to have kayaked on Nahalem Bay. Hopefully, we can do that the next time we are at the coast.

2 comments:

Jerri said...

Great photos! I have to post more and hopefully you will, too. We had such an amazing time. Doesn't it feel like yesterday that we were there and also a really long time ago? Where does the time go? Obviously is goes by having a blast! That's what we had, indeed. Thanks again for hosting us. We had such a great time!

Previously Junebug B said...

Awesome photos! The one of the girls with the bike helmets made me laugh out loud. Thanks for posting some photos.