I thought I posted this already...

...but I thought I'd post a few pictures from our recent (or now not so recent!) vacation out to Washington (last June). First, let me give you an idea of what our family had to put up with for three weeks:

QUITE a task, let me assure you!

And some cousin shots:

By Age....

And by Height... 

And yes....you're seeing that correctly!! Andrew is now down in history as the fifth tallest cousin!! Wahoo!!

So some people have been wondering....what DID you do out there? We did a lot of talking. When I'd think over my day, or the last few days, it'd sound a little like this, "Today was really fun. Michaela, Julie, and I talked for a while, just catching up. Then Elaina and Ethan came over and Bethany came home for lunch, and Allison and Sarah and Nathan and Andrew joined us and then we....talked some more! and then, we all decided to meet Emily and Liz over at Starbucks, so we went and....talked." But we did get a rousing game of kickball into the schedule, as well as painting for VBS sets, and training for a half-marathon, and camping in Eastern WA, and visiting the Seattle flight museum, and swimming in a nearby lake, and playing a game of spoons (a McWattsermasterson classic!), among many other things!

Here are a couple more of my other favorite pictures:

At the family gathering

At Grammie's birthday party

At the flight museum

With Papa Carlson

At the Hammermasters playing Empire

In Seattle proper

On Michaela's College Campus, PLU

All the girls at Starbucks

Camping in Eastern WA

At the Family Gathering

At the Hammers after church