Most of the time when we go see my family we get to see a lot of everyone who lives there, except Melissa who lives in town but works. So it was so nice when she asked if she could come up and visit us on one of her two weeks off she gets in the whole year! We of course were thrilled to have her.
We picked her up late Saturday night, went to church Sunday then went over to John and Debbie's to walk on the trails up through Whatcom Falls. We went by the Derby pond, stopped and played at the park, saw the falls, went to the fish hatchery, and had a great time walking and catching up with each other.
On Monday we drove up to Mt. Baker. We stopped at picture lake on the way up hoping for an amazing shot, there was a little wind so the water wasn't perfect but it was pretty just the same.
We drove the rest of the way to Artist Point where we ate our picnic lunch with one of the best views around. Luckily we weren't right by a sheer cliff so Mason was able to walk around just a little bit without me having a heart attack.
After lunch we decided to hike Table Top mountain, we thought we would go as far as we could and if we needed to turn back we would. Despite the vertigo and terror Melissa and I got from the height, we decided to just go all the way to the top. We were glad once we made it because the view was spectacular and we even got to play in a small patch of snow that hadn't melted.
Mason loved being in the pack with Christopher and did a great job sitting still and not complaining. He loved walking in the snow, even though it was a little hard for him and he slipped a lot.
We stopped off at Nooksack Falls on our way down the mountain and walked around there for only a few minutes before Mason was too tired and we had to get back in the car, but overall the day was great!
On Tuesday we took the boat out and did some wake boarding. Christopher's cousin Dave was able to come which was nice so Christopher would have someone to drive while he wake boarded. Melissa said it had been a few years since she had gone, but it only took a few tries and she got up, then fell attempting to go outside the wake, but got back up a couple more times.
Christopher was hoping he would get some good pictures of her crashing, she did crash a few times but mostly on her butt, one of her crashes was a face plant but Christopher didn't really get a shot he was so disappointed.
We drove the boat around and down the lake for a little bit before heading back in. We had a good time on the lake and the water wasn't even too cold.
Wednesday the weather wasn't that great but we did get a round of frisbee golf in and of course Mason had to play on the playground, which consisted of him going down the slide a couple times but mostly hitting a tree with a stick.
Thrusday was another gloomy day but Mason wanted to go to the "wady" so we walked down to Squalicum Beach where we threw rocks until I was too cold. We hung out at home and played cards, which Melissa helped me out giving me the card I needed in Phase 10, and Christopher yelled at us telling us that's not how we should play cards, it was pretty hilarious.
That night we went to Coconut Kenny's with his parents for dinner, Melissa got our favorite sandwich the King Mahalo. Usually when we get it we eat half and bring the other half home for lunch the next day but she liked it so much she finished it.
Friday we took a ferry out to Friday Harbor, it wasn't perfectly clear but you could see the islands well enough. We ate lunch at the Hungry Clam, which was delicious, then walked around the island a little.
Saturday was Mason's birthday(I'll have a post of this soon) so we went to breakfast at Rocket donuts then walked along Boulevard to the park where Mason played for a little bit before we had to go drop Melissa off at the airport.
We had so much fun with Melissa, and Mason will definitely miss his back seat car buddy during rides. Thanks or coming we had a blast!
