This week's adventures

On Tuesday my mom, Eli, and I went to stay in a condo in a town called Birch Bay. On Wednesday my grandma and some of our cousins came up as well. We went to the beach and the water slides. On Wednesday evening, my cousin Jessica and I went back to my grandma's house while my brother, younger cousins, and my mom stayed another couple nights at the condo. 

The condo we stayed in

The check-in

My cousin Jessica taking pictures

The bay in the evening

The bay again

Some colorful rocks and shells on the beach

The sun setting over the bay

Some flowers on the beach

My brother Eli on the beach with my cousins Bayley and Benjamin

Eli on the beach

Bayley and Benjamin looking for crabs

The sign for the water slides

Three of the water slides we went on

Me at the bottom of a slide

My brother and I at the top of a slide

On Saturday my brother, my cousins Bayley and Jessica, and I went on a 5km mud run. We had to pay to enter, and the money went to an orphanage in Swaziland. We had a lot of fun running and climbing through the mud obstacles.

My cousins and I before the course

The first mud obstacle

Jessica and I running through tires

Jessica and I climbing over a hay bale

Me walking through mud

Me running down the last obstacle

Jessica after the run

All of us after the run

Today my brother, my mom, and I went to a museum of history and industry in Seattle with my cousins Jojo and Sam. It was pretty interesting, since I did not know much about Seattle's history. There was also some fun interactive touch screen exhibits. 

My brother and I in Seattle

My brother and I waiting outside the museum

The History and Industry museum

The "toe truck"

Us looking at an exhibit

Tomorrow my mom and I will fly to Texas to get my visa. Please pray for safe travel, favor with the officials, and success in getting a visa. Thanks for your help!

Washington

Sadly, my time with Bethany in North Carolina has ended. I had a great time and am thankful for the Rolland family's help, hospitality, and friendship. After some complications with travel, including missing a flight, I have now arrived in Seattle with God's help. I, as well as my mom and brother Eli, am staying with my grandma. I don't know what all is planned, but I'm sure I will have fun with my relatives. I will give you another update in a week or so about what exciting things I do here in Washington.

I am here!

So, I have been in North Carolina for the past week, having way to much fun to post on my blog. I arrived safely after several flight delays and am thankful that none of my flights got cancelled. I am staying with the Rollands, a family who used to live on the ship. My friend Bethany and I have been having a lot of fun together. Here are some pictures of our various adventures.

Bethany and I being weird... trying on hats and sunglasses

Camping in the backyard

Still camping

The view from the backyard

Biltmore House- a tourist attraction in North Carolina

Bethany's little brother David standing by a fountain and making a strange face

Me in front of Biltmore House

The landscape from a balcony at  Biltmore- the estate has 8,000 acres of land

More landscape

Part of Biltmore House

Me standing on the balcony

Bethany sitting on the balcony

Decorations on the pillars of the house

Some more of Biltmore

Gardens at Biltmore

Horses at the Biltmore petting zoo

Bethany petting a baby goat

Bethany on a segway

Bethany and her mom

The entrance to Carowinds amusement park

People riding the Intimidator, a roller coaster at Carowinds

The scrambler

Bethany and her brother Joey

Bethany and I at Carowinds

I tried to put some videos of us on rides, but unfortunately they would not upload. There was one particularly funny clip in which the roller coaster went around a sharp turn and a southern man yelled "yee-haw." As you can see, I am having a great summer. I appreciate your prayers and hope that you are all having wonderful summers also.