Going into this summer we never had a family vacation planned because of all the weddings and festivities that go along with those, and Chris schedule at work...But I swear it was a total God thing running into my cousin at swimming lessons 2 weeks before and asking her about how things were going with summer rentals at their condo at Crescent Bar. She then told me, well we just got this middle of week cancellation, and no joke that was the only 5 days all summer that it would have worked for us to do anything as family. I was so excited and we booked it right away. We SO NEEDED this vacation, it seemed like Chris had been working a ton, and we were so busy with other things that we had spent little time just together. It was perfect!
Which brought on a whole other situation, last vacation we took last summer we had 2 vehicles because Chris came later, so we could fit all of our stuff...So literally 4 days before we left for Crescent Bar we decided to take advantage of the crazy deals on Suburbans right now, and got one! With 3 kids, double stroller, ice chests, toys, golf clubs, etc, we had outgrown the Tahoe, and are so happy with our new Burb!
Another extra bonus for our trip was my sister, aka the Deuce, got to come as well. Which was so clutch in the drives both ways for helping with the boys, and just an extra hand while we were there. Plus she is just great to have around, being 9 years younger than me we haven't had a ton of bonding time, and it was a great trip for all of us...
So pictures galore! ENJOY!
Loaded up in the Burb
We all fit, including Crew tucked behind Brody. The boys are known for not 'traveling well', but I do have to say they did so much better! We only had one puker, and that was only on the way home. We did have to take lots of stops on the way there because Brody's tummy was not feeling very good though, poor guy, I feel their pain, I still get horribly carsick to this day.
Gotta love the dvd player
Sleeping in real minimal in our family while driving, Brodes slept for about 20 min, Kyler for about 10 min (4th time seeing his eyelids, no joke), on the way there and back combined. 5 hour drive, crazy kids!
We love, love, loved Crescent Bar, we have been going to Chelan for quite a few years, and I have been trying to talk Chris into coming here for awhile, but now I think he is sold. You can't beat the setup they have with the condos, grass space, and pools, and that fact that the kids are locked in the complex, and locked out of the pools.
Beautiful
Crew would have been in the pool all day if we would have let him, he even had band mark tan lines on his arms from the water wings.
Duece and Cruiser
Hot tub time!
We definitley took advantage of the yummy ice cream shop as well!
The river bar was a great place to hang out too, throwing rocks in and wading in the water...
Kys loves to put on everyone else's shoes
Lots of room to wrestle, play games and run!
Me and my brother and sister. My brother and Rachel came over for part of the day to hang out, it was so fun having them visit
One of the main things that sold Chris was the golfing, him and boys went everyday, they had a great time
My boys
Playing in the kiddie pool
Brodes wasn't too sure about swimming, he loved just being in the smaller pool, he is kind of a chicken like his dad :)
Fishing?
Kys ran EVERYWHERE, ALL the time! Crazy child!
Chris got to pitch a lot of balls during the week, it was fun for the boys to have other kids to play with as well
Bo Bo's and his M&M and movie wind down time!
I love my family!!!
