Babymoon in Washington

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Huxter, we were able to travel to Washington to attend the wedding for one of Whit's Friends.  We made it a long weekend and made a road trip to/through Olympic National Park (which neither of us realized was so huge) and Tacoma.

Scott loves waking up early to fly.
And by early I mean before 4am.
And by loves, I really mean hates.

After our arrival, we spent the morning in Seattle walking around, shopping, eating and drinking beer (only one of us).

We took the afternoon ferry out to Bainbridge Island and were pleasantly surprised to learn that the room we rented in someone's house also happened to come with a wonderful home cooked dinner and fresh baked homemade cookies because, well,  they happened to have too much crab to eat.

 

View from our super fantastic house on Bainbridge Island.

A nice amber before Jerry and Amber's wedding.

Beautiful day in Washington for an outdoor wedding.

And a beautiful wedding.

  The next day it was off to Olympic National Park...

Due to Whit being pregnant, we didn't get to do too much adventurous hiking.
View from the easy walking trail at Hurricane Ridge.

Dinner at the only restaurant in La Push included fish and a million tater tots, each. Even after I called it quits, there were still 44 tots remaining on my plate.

Exploring the beaches around La Push... at 7pm.

And because the sun never sets, we still had more time to go walking to find First Beach (no really, that's what it is named).

First Beach at sunset... at 9pm.

After spending the night in Forks, WA, we headed to check out the Hoh Rainforest a bit.  Thankfully it was dry season, but that made for a warm and muggy day.  On average, the Hoh Rain Forest receives between 140-170 inches (i.e. 12-14 feet) of precipitation each year.

Again, because Whit was pregnant and not up to any big hikes, we checked out the weenie trails around the Visitor Center to get a taste of the area: the Hall of Mosses Trail and the Spruce Nature Trail.

Whit and the Big Sitka Spruce tree which is 191 feet tall and 1,000 years old.

We arrived at Ruby Beach just in time to check out the changing tide and check out some of the sea life on the rocks.  It was perfect weather for just walking around leisurely.

After leaving Olympic National Park, we headed to Tacoma to explore before heading home the next day.  Someone spent most of their time in Tacoma sampling beers at the local breweries.  The other someone did a fair amount of Root Beer sampling...

Happy Birthday Grandma Becky!

Grandma Becky showed up in her red bus at our house just in time for her birthday!!  Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy Birthday Gus!

Natalie has vowed to help teach Gus how to be 3, since she's been 3 since April and all.  For his birthday, he got an extra big carrot and 8 new tennis balls.  It was a good day.

 

Annnnnnnnnd, we have a teenager!

Katie turned 13 this year which means we now officially have a teenager.  For her birthday she requested a dinner/swim get together with family and cupcakes with Nerds sprinkled on top.

Fourth of Nebraska - Poore style

We picked a nearly perfect day to head out to Ginger Cove for the day with the girls...

 

 

 Natalie LOVED playing in the water with the doggies.

The weather was nice enough to just sit outside and enjoy the day without melting.

 

 

 

Natalie made friends with Miss Bobbi right away.

And even warmed up to Uncle Chuck enough to sit on his lap a few times and shower him with kisses.

A few days later, we made a trip back to Omaha for a SURPRISE 50th Wedding Anniversary party for Chuck and Kathy.

Grandpa Huxter and his lovely date for the night.

Selfies with the big camera always end up with the photographer looking silly...

 

Elvis made an appearance...

Natalie and Jonathan were best buddies by the end of the night

Photos of various groupings with Gigi...

Gigi and almost all her great-grandkids.  I made an appearance because Nat wouldn't go solo.

Gigi with almost all her great-grandkids and almost all her grandkids. 
Also I'm not sure who took this photo, but we only got half of Bobbi and none of Pat.

Gigi with almost all the beautiful women she's tied together through the Poore family.

End of the night sillies...

 

The next day, Aunt Holly and Uncle Roger stopped by for a brief visit...