deremerblog: Special Visitor

Gosh, where has the summer gone. I can't believe September is on the horizon already. **Sorry for the late delays on postings.**

We were so lucky to have my cousin, Amanda, come all the way from England to visit us for a week in late July. We had such a fun time with her. Amanda, Danielle and I took an overnight trip up to Vancouver. OUr hotel was right on English Bay and the south end of Stanley park. We took a long walk through the park and stopped by the Aquarium. We were lucky enough to see the baby baluga. Danielle LOVED seeing all the fish. It's an amazing place!!

Momma & baby

The baby Baluga.

Checking out the tree frogs.

We saw turtles...

...paranas (ranas as Danielle would say!...

and so many types of jelly fish!!

Having cocktails at a restaurant near English Bay!!

Danielle LOVES "cocktails"! Amanda taught her to say "cheers" and toast her cocktail.

Amanda, Kim and I took a girls camping trip while she was here. We decided to go to Birch Bay State Park. It was nice the day we arrived. We played on the beach, roasted hot dogs on the fire and had smores in honor of Danielle's real birthday. The rain clouds came in, which was our wake up call the next morning so we packed up camp quickly and was home by 930AM! Despite the rain, we had a great time and lots of laughs.

Avery & Danielle gobbling up blueberries while camping.

Amanda & Natale... eating melon.

Tyler, being the gentlemen that he is, escorting the girls around in the wagon. We forgot a couple of things so I called my friend Rachelle who lives in Birch Bay and she came to the rescue. :)

Tyler & Danielle around the campfire.

Morning giggles from the girls...

On Amanda's last day here, I took her to Seattle and went on the ride the duck tour. If you have the chance, it's SO worth it. We had a great driver & learned a lot of interesting fact about Seattle... our city is the most literate and we have the most library cards in the US!!!