4th- Reid Reunion-Orcas Isand

This year for the 4th of July we had a family reunion  with the Reids. Almost all his cousins came with their kids. Mason had a great time with his cousins and got so excited whenever we asked him if he wanted to go see them.  We had a fun 4th at John and Debbie's where we ate food, had a baby shower, and played tons of games. They had bocce ball, bad miton, croquet, a special bean bag game I don't remember the name of, water balloons, a little kid pool, slip n' slide, and washer toss. Mason had a blast with the water, and running around playing with everyone.

Mason loved this little bike, I think we have another idea to add to his birthday list!

At the end of the day we put a movie on for the kids, who were all exhausted, giving the adults time to clean everything up.

The next day our plan was to go to Birch Bay, but the weather didn't cooperate, so we ended up going to the touch tank in the morning. Mason liked playing in the water, but didn't want to actually touch anything. Later in the day we met up at the Institute building with everyone and walked to Western Washington University while we waited for our pizza to be delivered. The kids did tricks while jumping, and played games like line tag, red light green light, and mother may I.

After we ate we played games, we split into families and played some minute-to-win-it games. Some of them included balancing ding dongs on your forehead, eating a banana through pantyhose( they looked awesome), keeping three balloons in the air, making a pyramid out of cups then stacking them the fastest, emptying a tissue box the fastest, using only your mouth to move paper bags, and seeing who could drink the most out of a bottle(Crew was so excited he was crying for it and marching in anticipation).

On Sunday after Sacrament meeting, we went to Cornwall park and took a family picture, then met up for Ruby's baby blessing.  We spent the rest of the day relaxing, and roasted s'mores in the evening.

On Monday we took the boat out and went to the lake. Mason had a blast riding on the GTX, he wouldn't let us take him off , but being in the boat was the next best thing. He loved seeing his dad behind the boat and was really concerned when he fell.

 He had fun playing with his cousins in the water and sitting in his super adorable towel that Gi Gi got all the grand kids for early Christmas presents.

After the reunion the Burley family went out to the San Juan Islands to some cabins for a couple days, Christopher wasn't able to go since he had to study for the bar.  We stayed on Orcas Island, the cabins were really nice and had amazing views over the water toward Mt. Baker.

We had our own stretch of beach where the kids played a ton. They threw rocks, found crabs, starfish, and other animals. Mason mostly threw rocks, and swung a stick he found. Pop Pop was his rock supplier one morning and threw rocks with him for least a half hour.

We drove up to Mt. Constitution and took pictures from the view point there, and then went on a short hike to some water falls. Mason was a great hiker, he climbed up all the stairs and walked almost the whole way.

The beach cabins were so much fun. Mason loved spending time with the cousins, him and Crew were really cute when they would jabber to each other then laugh. I can only imagine the trouble these two will get in when they get older.

 It was so good to see all the family and meet baby Ruby.  We were sad that Christopher wasn't able to come with us to the islands but we still had a ton of fun, thanks guys for a great trip!