After doing some laundry and showering, the first item on our agenda was visiting Larrabee State Park to find some crabs.  

Larrabee never disappoints.  


My desert dwelling children though had forgotten about how slippery seaweed on rocks is, so they all took a turn or 2 falling. 


They were slightly more cautious after that.  


We found all sorts of treasures…hermit crabs, shells, jelly fish, barnacles, fish, and of course LOTS of crabs.  


The highlight though was the giant crab Uncle fished out of the water with Macey’s net.  


This crab put up a fight, but Christopher powered through and became a hero is these kid’s eyes.  :)  

Don’t worry we set him free and made sure he could swim safely away before we moved on to the next discovery.   


It was well worth leaving the Olympic National Park a day early so we could get a little extra family time in.  

And these little stinker cousins escaped outside when they were suppose to be in bed.  

The actual reason we came back to Bellingham for the 2nd weekend was due to this girl getting married.  


We’ve been best friends since we were 6 years old and I was so happy we were all able to make it.  

This is a little montage of pictures our moms made for us when we graduated high school.  

A few other Bellingham hightlights:  

Getting to stay at Grandma B.’s and having her make breakfast for all of us.  


Christopher took Paul on a real mountain biking ride.  


We got to have a little birthday party for Crew.


 
And this girl was obsessed.  She was constantly yelling “My Nana!” or “My Pop-Pop” and would then run in for a big hug. She was quite popular.  

All in all it was a pretty perfect trip.