Washington

We made our annual trip to Washington. It was amazing and perfect as always. We had perfect cool weather to make up for the heat wave we had last year. The Balls know how to show you a good time. We all went to bed every night exhausted from all the fun we had. We had a new and exciting thing to add to our adventures - the Ball's new boat! It's a nice, big, beautiful boat that they were nice enough to take us out on a lot. Randy was a great driver and all the kids tried all the things. We also brought up some skis and wake boards to try out on the boat. Of course, we still went to Pine Lake. That place will forever be our favorite. And all these pics are in no particular order because that would've been too easy!

Washington University's stadium is in the background

Marcus taught Sam how to surf

It was so fun to watch the kids surf/ski by these beautiful houses!

Megan and Marcus fighting on the knee boards. Marcus always won and just laughed when Megan tried.

Parker and Max

Told ya we still went to Pine Lake!

Megan wake boarding

Loving the boat and the refreshing beverages from Captain Randy

These boys even managed to get some golfing in

First time on the boat and happy to be there!

That's Bellvue behind Max

Even Toby got a turn at driving

A seaplane landed right next to us

Cuzins!

Toby was the first to ski behind the new boat!

Racing the remote controlled boat at Pine Lake

Another intense game of wiffle ball

Double Dock!

Out for a hike

We did an escape room and beat it with a second to spare

If you look close you can see a T-Rex in there!

Sam was grateful for the heated blanket

They made it to the temple!

Din Tai Fung! We had to wait to get seated and everyone was starving, but it was well worth the wait!

Sam in his food coma - yes, he actually ate!!

And of course, lots of card games were played

 

We had fun tubing the last night there. Marcus made sure no one on the tube fell off. He may have lost his swimsuit carrying out that responsibility.