Thursday, August 7

Mom & Dad’s Visit

I’m sad that my parents have left, but we had a great time site seeing and catching up. We packed a lot in during the four full days they were here, it was just too beautiful to sit around :) My Dad took all the family photos with his camera which I forgot to download before they left. I’ll try to get them later.

We started the weekend with the Logos picnic at the beautiful Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale. I love this place, mostly because of the gorgeous flowers and farm animals :) The food was yummy too and it’s always fun to see Logos people! My parents came along to enjoy the scenery and to meet a few of our wonderful friends.

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On Sunday we went to church and Mom & Dad got to meet our pastor and some of our friends there. We played disc golf and collected sea glass near downtown Bellingham. We then toured Todd’s office and played on the scooters there. I’ll try to get pictures from my Dad since I did not have my camera :)

Monday we headed up to Mount Baker because it was a beautiful, sunny day. We stopped along the way at Heliotrope Ridge and Nooksack Falls on the recommendation of our friend James. The views were spectacular from there! After that we drove to Artist Point to view lovely lakes and Mt. Baker from a different (closer) angle. On our way home we drove to Silver Lake and saw a bald eagle fishing and thousands of baby toads at the edge of the lake. The toads were making their transformation from leggy tadpoles into land living creatures. It was pretty cool to see, but easy to step on the little guys.

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Tuesday, the last full day for my parents, we took a ferry to Lummi Island. Todd & I have been there before, but this time we explored a couple beaches and farms. One of the sites, Windy Hill Art Sculpture Park, was fun to explore. The sculptures are interactive but work best when it’s windy, we only had a slight breeze :) We saw another bald eagle on our way home.

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1 comment:

Cathy said...

Oh Melissa, these pictures are postcard worthy! So glad to hear that you got to do so many beautiful things with your folks! Can't wait to see more pictures from them!