Baker Family Reunion

Ok, so I have definately been slacking on my blog! I realized I still haven't posted on some more things that we did this summer! We were pretty busy, but had a great time jumping from place to place and getting to spend lots of time together and with family and friends.

In the middle of August (I told you I am slacking...what is it, October now!?!), we met up with the Baker clan for some fun on Good Ol' Moses Lake. It has been a really long time since everyone has been together at the same time and it was great to see everyone. However we were missing Christopher who is still on his mission, but at the same time we were plus one as Ashley had her boyfriend Kyle with her.

We had a barbeque, boated, went tubing and wakeboarding and just had a good time!

Here are some pics from that day...

Kyle, Ashley's boyfriend getting some air over the wake

Kelly, making sure nobody does anything stupid on his watch!

Mike and I chillin in the boat (it was nice and warm, perfect for boating) and yes, I did get burnt

We finally convinced Cooper to try a ride in the Tube for the first time! see the video below...

Our crazy Baker family, plus Kyle

Cooper's 1st Tube ride!

Last Month we went to Westport, WA on the Pacific Ocean to catch crab. Weird weather all day, sun would be out for a little while, then it would downpour rain. We had a sucessful trip anyway, as you can see from the pictures.

Here's a gull checking out our ropes

Us With the marina behind

Our first keepers

Pulling up the crab ring

A good haul

Beautiful waterfront

Almost Caught our limit!

Freshly cooked crab, yum!

The Ferry Ride

I forgot to post about the Ferry ride we took when my mom, Kelly, and Cooper came to the West side to visit! It was fun, ferry rides seem to alwasy be fun, Cooper loved it! Plus it was a beautiful day!

I thought this was a really cute picture of Cooper with Dad. They are so much alike in so many ways!

Here they are again!

Mom joined us outside for about 1 minute to take this picture...

Mike and I enjoying the sunshine!

This was actually from the day before at the zoo, but I didn't have space in my previous blog. Aren't the flamingos extraordinary! I think they are very beautiful!

4th of July Barnum Reunion

This 4th of July we spent near Walla Walla, Washington with the Barnums (My mom's side of the fam) for our Reunion. Not everyone was able to be there, but we had a good time just the same. Ashley was even able to come even though she had just hurt her ankle (again). She was holed up in a cabin with her wheelchair, cast and painkillers for most of the weekend, but I think she still enjoyed at least seeing everyone. (I promised not to post any pics of her at that time because she was so under the weather) Cooper loved playing with all of his little cousins and was running all over the place. I got to go midnight fishing with Mike, which was actually kind of creepy because there were hundreds of little bats swooping all over the lake to eat the bugs. I swear one of them almost flew right into my face! I caught the only fish by the way. hehe. Grandpa Barnum wasnt able to travel because of his health, but we thought about him a lot while we were there. We wrote him a thank you letter because he is the one who keeps funding these crazy family get togethers! I realize that I didn't take very many pictures but here are a few funny ones...

Cooper is posing for the camera...Mike is not.

Mike is looking hungry! I hope they serve us soon!

Cooper..."Do I have something on my face?"

I though this sign that some one wrote up in the women's room was hilarious! Notice the replica of Munch's "The Scream"!

Me waiting patiently for sissy, You don't realize how difficult handicap accessible restrooms really are until you have to use them as a handicap!

Mom, Coop, and Dad come visit!

This was also a while ago, but I love some of the pictures I got! My mom, dad, and Cooper came over for some fun in the northwest. I met up with them for a day at the zoo (Mike was doing scouting stuff) and we had fun looking at all the animals. It was fun going with Cooper, until of course he got tired...did I mention I can't wait to have kids someday?

We went through the butterfly house and the only one of to have a butterfly land on them was... Kelly! In fact, it liked him so much it didn't want him to leave, the zoo attendant had to shoo it away with a feather duster before we left. He looks like they made a connection!

The smallest monkey in the world, adorable!

Cooper was too busy watching the elephant eat to look at the camera.

The hippos lazin' in the sun.

Cooper was thrilled with this orangutan! He thought it was hilarious that it was eating 5 inches away from his face.

Mike's Birthday

So I know that this is totally out of order (Mike's birthday is May 17th), but since Mike posted about my birthday, I felt like I would be leaving him out if I didn't post about his!

For his birthday, we and a group of friends went to a Mariner's game! We had a lot of fun and the M's won! (fyi, for those not following Mariner's baseball, this has been a not-so-great season) We had a good time, even though it was extremely hot! As you can see below, I got a little burnt from the sun! Afterwards we had yummy cheesecake!

Mike, his goatee, and I

Our big group! (I think I caught everybody off guard)

Mike's Parents came over from Moses Lake to celebrate with us.

Connor, my little brother, came along also!

Yea!!! The M's win!

Briana's Birthday at Ocean Shores

Big wave crashing on the jetty
A really cool tree trunk on the beach
Waves rolling in
Self portrait on the beach

For Bri's birthday we went to Ocean Shores, WA on the pacific ocean. We stayed in a hotel, thank goodness, because it was stormy all weekend. It was fun to go down to the beach and watch the wave crash and see all the wildlife. You can actually drive on portions of the beach,that was fun until we almost got stuck in the sand. Overall it was a fun trip even though we didn't get to do as much as we had planned because of weather.