Introducing Murphy Lyn Bates

We have been anxiously awaiting our trip to Sun Mountain Lodge for a little getaway on our way to pick up our new puppy.  We had a great time at the lodge swimming, hiking, fishing (Eric) and more swimming.  

The evenings were spent exploring the cute town of Winthrop - food, put-put golf and cute shops. 

Welcome to the family Murphy Lyn Bates

Saturday was the day - we got up early and drove to pick up our new chocolate lab puppy (10 wks old).  It was a 7 hour drive home but it was well worth the drive.  

4th of July on Vashon

Another fun 4th of July on Vashon.  Thankfully we had lots of sunny weather so most of our time was spent outside walking the beach looking for agates, kids tubing and jumping off the bulkhead over and over and over and of course happy hour on the deck.  With COVID things are definitely not the same but we managed to have a great family weekend.

Sadly, the big barge did not come again this year but we had plenty of fireworks on the beach to put on a good show!  Happy 4th!