A visit to Olympia

Maren and I went to Olympia to visit my sister and her family in October. My mom also came up from Portland to see us and help with the kids while Christina and I went to a scrapbook workshop most of the day Saturday. It was so fun to see her new house and spend time with her sweet kids, and of course the highlight was the scrap day! I didn't get very many pictures but here are a couple that turned out pretty cute! Christina and her four kids...I had made scarves for the girls and brought the silly mask for William. The girls - especially Emma and Aliya LOVED the scarves and wore and played with them all weekend!
Christina and I at our scrap day - 8 hours of fun scrapping, talking, laughing and drinking coffee!
Maren LOVES dogs! She says Da whenever she sees one and waves her arms up and down. This is Maren with Fetch, the Ankeney family dog...he was very patient with her patting him and following him all around!

I didn't get a good one of my mom, but she was there the whole time and it was SO nice to see her and have her see Maren! We also had a big family reunion with all of my Moms sisters and brother and their kids and my grandparents. This included my aunt and uncle and their 8 kids who live in France and are back on furlough. None of my pictures turned out well, so you'll have to take my word for it that it was lots of fun!