Walla Walla Wa

We made the 7 hour trek over to Walla Walla to visit our good friends the Pemberton's.  Here is a map visual just so you can see that could we really get any further from each other?  But distance won't keep us from making our visits, between the memories in the car (puking, crying, funny jokes, movies, snack/potty/dinner stops, lots of music, and doing anything to keep everyone happy) to  spending 3 days of just hanging out and spending quality time with good friends, in the end it is all worth it!  The boys love to say "Walla Walla" and already have such great memories each year so even though it takes "FOREVER" to get there, the boys have a lot to look forward too! 

So that meant we had 4 adults and 6 boys ages 5 and under in one house for 3 days. It could have been crazy but it was actually really nice. All the boys got along really well and there was really no arguing or fighting going on between them. The weather was nice so we were able to enjoy the outside quite a bit and the boys had fun playing with toys, watching movies, crafting and a fun trip to the dollar store and Brights candy. Care and I went on an 8 mile run Saturday morning, which was on our training schedule for the Birch Bay half-marathon which we are running together in February.  It was a beautiful day for a run and it went pretty smoothly. Later that afternoon Chris and Dave headed out for a round of golf and lunch on their own. It was nice to kind of take turns with the kids and also nice to get some alone time with Care.

Jax and Ky's

Cruiser

Crew and Colt

Craft time. They all made paper bag puppets.

Brody is wearing Colt's Batman costume. He found the boys superhero costumes the day he got here and hardly took it off the entire time.

Want another one Chris?

Ky and Jax

Out to dinner--we got babysitters :)

Dave and Chris

Me and Care

On Sunday while the "older boys" were watching football we took 4 of the 6 little munchkins to the dollar store for a treat. It was funny to watch them run around trying to decide what they wanted to get. So many choices! I think 3 of the 4 toys were broken by the time we got home

Oh Brodes

After the dollar store we had to go to Brights for some yummy treats. The boys were really good about sharing their ice cream and candy with each other.

What a fun weekend. The good news is we will see them again in another month for the half-marathon. This the Pemberton's get to travel! It's a LONG drive, especially with 3 little kids but its always worth it. Chris and I are both so thankful for such great friends and it is so fun to see our kids play so well together.