We're taking the FAIRY to Alaska :)

Kate is adorable. We were talking about how we will be moving to Alaska later this year. She seemed very confused about how we were going to get there. She asked if we were going to take the ferry and I said yes. I told her that our truck was going to ride on it also. Then she was really surprised and asked if it was an adult fairy or a kid fairy :)

Kate loves blackberries

My parents must have an acre of blackberries which Kate couldn't stay away from while we were there. She would disappear and I would find her sitting in the middle of a blackberry patch, covered head to toe, shoving them in her mouth:)

We're back

Well the trip back from WA was better than the trip there. Our air conditioning was fixed and we stopped at my Aunt Barb's halfway through to spend the night. We have found something out though - Lexie definitely gets car sick. She threw up twice on the way (and then Kate through up from watching Lexie throw up). Of course, they did it within the first hour of the trip. We started with a very stinky truck. It has taken me a couple of days to clean it out.....
The kids had a great time up there, visiting with Gram and Papa, picking LOTS of blackberries, and playing outside in the fresh air. We made it to one of Andrea's Highland Games (she came in first place - go Annie!), and to a family reunion. It was nice to see everyone again.
Above is a picture of Nick and my brother David.

We made it to WA!!

After a VERY long trip, we've made it to Washington. The kids were really good, but it was extremely hot the entire way and our air conditioning wasn't working. I had to roll the windows down to cool us off a bit (not that it helped much). Because of that, the girls weren't able to watch movies since they couldn't hear them at all. Plus, Lexie threw up less than halfway into the trip and I gave the girls popsicles to try to cool them off - what a mess!! By the time we got here everyone's hair was in knots, everyone was sticky, and the car was pretty stinky :) It took us 20 1/2 hrs to make it here. We got within an hour of my parents's house when we got stuck in traffic because of a bad accident. We ended up moving 3 miles in 1 1/2 hrs. It was pretty frustrating. We're here now though and the girls have been busy picking blackberries and playing outside. I'll post lots of pictures when we get back....