Our first summer vacation was a quick camping trip with Uncle Eric and Aunt Teresa. We went to the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic peninsula and spent a night there - they let us use all their camping stuff (which was great, since we don't have any).
To be honest, Maren's mom is more of a "hotel" kind of person, but it was fun to be outdoors and Maren liked hiking the next day.
Uncle Eric and Aunt Teresa visited us later that week and Maren did her best to initiate them into the ways of babies, including a brief foray into Massive Diaper Blowout, and a detour into When Feeding A Hungry Baby You Don't Need to Worry About Being Neat, Just Get It In the Mouth. We're looking forward to meeting Baby Sachse in a few more months!
It's so much fun to pull Aunt Teresa's hair! She is very patient.
Uncle Eric perfecting his Baby Feeding Skills.
Then we traveled to Spokane, where we celebrated a lot of firsts: the sunshine made its first lasting appearance this summer; Maren went to the cabin for the first time; and she enjoyed her first boat trip so much that she fell asleep about halfway through.
Really, there is a baby in there. We promise.
Naptime on the boat.
Playing with grandma...
...and hanging out with grandpa.
Meeting cousin Katie!
All this vacation really wears a girl out. She can't even finish her cracker.
