Ramsdell Family Blog

This has been a busy month with trips, birthdays and family visiting. My parents arrived late Tuesday night after their very long drive from TX. For my parents birthdays that are coming up I took them on  the Queen of Seattle paddle wheel boat cruise of Lake Union. The cruise was alright but the weather was wonderful. It was so nice to be outside with some actual sunshine.  Waiting for the boat One of the drawbridges we went through. (Seattle has some amazing things) The true houseboats that people actually live on year round.  We also saw the houseboat that was in "Sleepless in Seattle" We also saw the crabbing boat "Wizard" from the TV show The Deadliest Catch. The kids! Next up on our adventures is to take Hunter to Forks, a visit to Pike's Place and to hit some of the good places to eat around here.

A few months ago George and his sister planned for a family reunion in Lake Tahoe. It ended up that only our family and theirs were able to make it. We had such a great time there-we only wish we could have stayed a few more days. The kids had a great time playing with their  California cousins. The kids had a great time in the In room Jacuzzi-they had a Jacuzzi party each night. The jet ski was one of the favorite parts of the trip (too bad we only had it for 1 hour) We also went on the Lake Tahoe Duck Tour-it was a little disappointing. View from our balcony in Bandon Beach, OR-we loved it here. From Lake Tahoe we decided we would go up the Oregon Coast and check out the sites. We stayed in Bandon Beach and Rockaway Beach. We checked out the sand dunes national park and the Sea Lion caves. It was a lot of fun-including our adventure (thanks to the GPS) down a 66 mile road that had a sign saying "Warning You may get stranded and die" lucky for us we survived it. Waterfa...

Getting ready to Geo Cache For the 4th of July weekend we went camping with our friends-the Renschler's and the Labusky's. I worried a lot about this trip (no hook ups, pit toilets and a teenage niece who does not like camping). The trip turned out great-I think Hunter might even kind of like camping now-maybe? We went to Baker Lake by Mt. Baker. We lucked out and had great weather out first day and rain only on part of the second day. The kids swam in the lake, had a egg relay race, pie eating contest, 3 legged race and got to go geo caching. Hunter was such a good sport and entertained the kids a lot-plus she decided to go with out her cell phone!! I was so impressed with her attitude and the other parents were as well-they all commented on what a great kid she is. Dave taking the kids for a boat ride. I found the geo cache!! We got back from our trip in time to celebrate the 4th of July Washington style. Which means FIREWORKS-everyone in the neighborhood launches them...