Gretchen wanted her birthday to be spent this year all together at Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, doing what the Wileys do best - camping. They have gone here for years and as kids have many fond memories camping at Fort Casey. So, it is appropriate that Gretchen would want to spend a weekend celebrating here, making more family memories.
We woke up Saturday morning and went to our favorite little breakfast place in Coupeville (you have probably never heard of Coupeville, but it's actually very quaint and a sweet little town) - Knead and Feed. Some of us got breakfast and most opted for the gigantic sweet treats and coffee. We got a marionberry bear claw and a walnut caramel roll. Oh yummy! It was a perfect weekend to be camping also - the weather was perfect. Not too cool and not too warm. The kids spent a lot of time playing in the sand, collecting rocks, making a fort, and our daughter's favorite, throwing rocks in the water. We spent Saturdays afternoon celebrating Gretchen's birthday with a good ole bbq with all the fixins, and a special cake made just for Gretchen. Afterwards we decided to try to walk off some of the fatty goodness we had eaten by walking by all the gun implacements and to the lighthouse, and just walking around and enjoying the views.
We had to finish off both Friday and Saturday nights with campfires and smores (to add on what we had walked off that Saturday).
Other than not getting the amount of sleep I would have liked, it was a pretty great weekend. The kids had so much fun together and we got to do a whole lotta relaxin.
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