Washington - Orcas Island Vacation

We had a great time spending Thanksgiving break with friends on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington. My mom was kind to let us stay at her prestige vacation rental home. The surroundings were breathtaking. It truly was a restful and relaxing vacation with quality time spent together.
Day 1 - Visiting the Seattle Fish Market. So cool.

A family picture with in front of Seattle's famous "Public Market"


Visiting Seattle's Space Needle. Oh my goodness...it was super cold and windy (can you tell by the flying hair?).
Walking the Seattle streets.

Thanksgiving dinner. We made homemade crafts for the dinner table...one being these pilgrim napkin rings with each of our pictures. We all look so jolly!

Ready for a boating trip to learn and see the many islands.

Ladies out on a dock taking in the beauty.

Castle Family

Preece Family

DaCosta Family...yes that is a huge leaf in back of my head that is not part of my beanie.

Sage on a nature hike finding berries and an enormous leaf!

Jade having a little fall.

Devin and Dad ready for the boating adventure.

Halloween Fun

Halloween night. Jade as a kitty, Sage as a mummy, and Devin as Mitch (Man Witch)
Mummy Sage by our cool carved pumpkins

Sage is such a Ham! She was acting the mummy part.

Jade made the cutest kitty cat The Halloween group
Sage sorting her candy...something we all loved to do when we were kidsI made a special guest appearance at Jade's school and read a book and passed out gifts from my witch purse. The kids just loved the visit and were talking about the "witch" visitor even days later. 3 year olds are so precious and it's just thrilling to see their excitement and innocence.

Then it was off to Devin and Sage's school.

Jade had her face painted as a Butterfly at the school carnival

Sage had her face painted as a cat at the carnival
Sage's Soccer team was in a Halloween Tournament. They were cats. They looked great and played great too!

Jade, What are you for Halloween?

What a Resemblance

It was a deja vu for me when I snapped this picture of Jade. I dug up a similar picture of Sage and was amazed at the resemblance.

Princesses for the Ice Show

Jade was so excited for the Disney Princess Ice Show. Months prior to the event, she'd had been carrying around the post card advertisement. She was especially looking forward to to wearing a princess dress and crown. Sage wanted to match Jade. They look like angels in their white dresses.

Devin's Pee Wee Football Season

Devin just ended his Pee Wee football (ages 10 & 11) season. Andrew was the head coach this year. Devin's primary position was defensive back. Can I say the season was SUPER busy for them both. It's nice to be able to see my boys again!

Devin is the Blue player on the left assisting in a tackle. Jade and me supporting the team in our Rocklin gear...and eavesdropping on Coach Andrew's half-time talk.
Coach Andrew doing a chalk talk

The boys entering the field at a home game.

Oh my...look at those sweaty boys after a hard practice.

Devin's 6th Grade Science Camp

Devin went on an overnight Science camp to Walker Creek in Marin county. They were there for 5 days. Luckily, Devin was not one of the 40 out of 90 students who got the flu! Devin had so much fun. He enjoyed it so much he said he will look forward to becoming a cabin leader when he becomes eligible as a Junior in High School.

Devin and his buddy Wil.

There was tons of luggage.
Devin's friends getting ready for the departure

Devin's assigned co-ed group that he spent the week with.