The Jensen/Hempel reunion, etc.

The main reason we went to Washington at the time we did was so we could attend the Jensen/Hempel reunion.  My (this is Randy talking) mom and step-dad have done this every year for about 3 years and this is the first time we have attended.  Needless to say we had a lot of fun and it was so great to get to spend so much time with family we rarely see together.

Kenadi being a little performer

Kenadi and Emma play so well together, usually.  It also helps when they are in a new place with new things to explore.

These next few pictures were taken at a park that I had never heard of called Summer Falls.  It is close to Grand Coulee Dam and the waterfall you see is irrigation water that is running from the dam towards the farm lands of Moses Lake and the Royal Slope.

It was such a beautiful afternoon.  

We were even able to sneak in a couple family pictures.  I don't think we had any where Kenadi was not doing something silly.

My mother and I

Here we are at the reunion.  It was a fun-filled day of swimming, jet skis, and tubing (and eating of course).  It had been a long time since I had been on a jet ski I almost forgot how much fun they were.  

Kenadi and Emma loved playing in the sand.  The water was perfect, so the girls had no problem getting in and playing.

Here's Tara and Kenadi getting ready to go tubing!

Emma loved Aunt Kendal.

Kenadi had so much fun playing with her cousins she never gets to see.  Here she is swimming with Payton and Chloe.  It alway amazes me though that they always remember each even though they've only spent a matter of hours together their entire lives.

Emma never wants to be confined to a small space.  She has to be constantly busy.

Emma has a shoe fetish.  Lucky for her, there were plenty of new shoes to try on at each house we stayed.

We also took a day trip through the Potholes wildlife refuge.  I haven't been through there since I was in high school.  We used to come out here often to go cliff jumping into Goose Lake.  

This area is so beautiful, in it's own way.  It is full of wildlife and cliffs are made up of basalt columns.  We got to see a Sandhill Crane catch a fish while we were stopped looking at it.

We love Washington.  There is so much variety and beautiful scenery.  But most of all, it is where all of our family live.  We love and miss all of you.