San Juan Islands

On the ferry to San Juan Island

After Hyrum's baptism, we took Russell's parents and spent three days of the next week on San Juan Island. We went whale watching and saw several orca whales, as well as some minke whales and gray whales. We visited a sculpture garden, an alpaca farm, a few beaches and some other pretty sights as well. The island is gorgeous and it was a fun trip!

 Sammy was extremely difficult on the whale watching cruise.  After awhile he finally fell asleep and we had peace for a good 30 minutes!

 Looking for whales!

 We were pretty lucky and saw several orcas, they came very close to the boat!  It was great!

 This one shows how close to the boat they were.

We stopped at the alpaca farm so I could buy some yarn.  I love alpacas!!!

 Sculpture Garden

 The whole island is beautiful!

 Fun fruit houses along the road!

 The beaches were fun for finding pretty rocks and building forts out of drift wood.

 We saw so much wildlife!!  Foxes (both red and grey), stellar sea lions, bald eagles, whales, seals, and even a camel. (not wild)

Our whale-watching boat is the one behind them.

And then we took the ferry home.  This is us playing games on the ferry ride.

Playing Soccer in the Rain

 It's not always fun to play soccer in Washington.  Our season starts in August but keeps going into the middle of November, right in the midst of the rainy season.  And SOMETIMES it's rainy AND cold. 

 Fortunately our kids love the game, even when it is wet and cold.  In the picture below Hyrum is trying to warm up his ears!

Looking like a linebacker with his thick coat under his jersey!

Hyrum's Baptism

 In the beginning of October Hyrum was baptized.  It was a very special day and everything went perfectly!  Both sets of Hyrum's grandparents were able to fly out for it, and we had so much fun seeing them!

My Mom, (Grandma Francis) gave a talk, and a relative of the other girl gave the other talk.

Hyrum was so happy, and the program was wonderful, you could feel the Spirit in the room.

 Later we ate lunch and went to Chuck E. Cheese to play games (Hyrum's favorite place!), then Hyrum had a soccer game, in the pouring rain!  That evening we went to Ivars for fish and chips with Russell's parents, Heidi's parents, and the Muglestons.  It was a great day!