Seattle (part 2)

I could honestly go to Washington and just hang out at the Morris house. We had such a blast. With the lake in the backyard and no alligators to worry about, we spent lots of time in or near the water. Even the grass up there is amazingly lush and wonderful to run through, unlike grass in Florida. Thanks for having us Tim and Pat, we had an amazing time!

The Morris house is in the middle and these are the two views you get from their backyard. If you look to the left you see Mt Rainier and if you look to the right you see beautiful sunsets in the evening. I love it! These pictures just make me want to go back.




Avery and Boston's favorite part was going on the scooters and being on the lake.

Kevin's uncle has this old truck on his property. I really wanted Holly's talent so I could get some great pictures but I guess these will have to do.

Ryan and Tori made Van his cute Vans shirt and I was so glad it was a little chilly so he could where a long sleeved shirt. While we were there he was drooling a ton and sprouted two teeth (at three months old!). Our little guy is growing up!

One of the biggest reasons we went to Seattle was because Kev wanted to see BYU play against Washington. He has made it a tradition to see 1 away game every year. Go Cougars! (even though he graduated from the UofU he will always be a BYU sports fan)

Mt Rainier

We took two separate days to hike around Mt Rainier. Zoe and Genise joined us the first day while Kevin's parents watched Van. He was really upset with us when we got home so we decided to go another day with just our little family and take Van with us...haha. No Really we love to hike and around Mt Rainier it is absolutely beautiful. I just wish we had a whole week to go camping around this area.

Day 1

We decided to hike aorund a lake. The kids loved it and couldn't enough of trying to skip rocks in the lake. On our way out a bear ran across the road we were driving on. I wanted to take a picture but it happened so fast and when it was in the woods it was really hard to see so in order to get a good pcture of him I would have had to get out of the car and I didn't know if he was with another bear so I thought it would be better if I just stayed in the car.... call me a scardy cat but after living by alligators I've learnd to always play it safe.

Day 2
We decided to go up a little farther on Day 2. The 360' view was amazing. Kev was a trooper because he held both Boston and Van for quite some time. At first I thought the hike was going to be a disater because my kids were complaining during the beginning where it was up hill. Once it was alittle easier and itleveled off they were just peachy and it was great.

About half way we actually saw a interesting family that I wanted to take a picture of, but didn't in fear of them beating the crap out of me. We could see they brought a stroller with them which I was shocked even made it up the trail, but what was so crazy was they had their dog in the stroller where you usually have a baby strapped in and their darling baby girl was sitting in the bottom basket where you usually store your diaper bag. Dad had on pants that were 5 sizes to big and sported a wife beater tank top and mom had on huge sunglasses with short shorts and a mid drift... boy, was it a sight to see. A sight you usually don't see taking a beautiful hike in the mountains. But I will commend them for doing so. I know, I should have taken a picture. Next time right?

San Juan Islands

We were so happy that Genise and Zoe came to visit us while we were in Washington. We decided to take a trip to the San Juan Islands. The views are breathtaking. Some of the highlights were climing up Mt constitution and going to Aggott Beach.

Seattle (more to come)

We decided to take a little trip to Seattle to visit Kevin's parents. At the time we booked the trip I just wanted Van to be at least three months old and Kevin really wanted to go watch the BYU/Washington game so we thought it was perfect timing. I forgot that school started a week earlier and Avery and Boston would be missing almost two weeks of school (at least it wasn't the first week of school, right?)

We decided to fly from Tampa (we saved $800 by doing so). Van screamed most of the time. Avery and Boston couldn't fall asleep and by the time we got there it was 2 am in Orlando. I highly reccomend flying with your kids in the a.m., night flights never work for us. It was honestly pure hell and I considered driving back- no joke.

Mats Mats Bay
After a good nights rest we decided to go to MAts MAts Bay. Kevi's grandparents have a little place there and they have some donkeys named Rosie and Daisy. Avery and Boston had a blast with the donkeys. They brushed and fed them the whole time we were up there.
While we were there we took a boat trip to Port Townsend. Boston loved to drive the boat with Grandpa Tim. Luckily the weather was beautiful and we were able to sit on top of the boat on the way there.

Pointe Defiance

Kevin's best friend from high school came to visit us with his kids, unfortunately his wife was out of town and couldn't make it. Avery and Boston had a blast with his cute kids. We went to Pointe Defiance, which is a huge park in Seattle. We went to the aquarium and zoo and also visited an old Forte where they picked fresh carrots. We had a great time.

MArket

You can't go to Seattle with out going to the Market. Unfortunately Pikes Place Market (where they throw the fish) was closed for labor day, luckily we have watched them before, besides my favorite part is buying flowers and fresh produce. These carrots were $1 a bunch and oh so delicious!

The Space Needle and Rock Museum

We have been to Seattle many times. The one thing we had never done before was go to the top of the Space Needle. We decided to give it a shot this time because we live on the opposite side of the country and don't know when we'll be able to come back. I'm thinking it will be a while. It's beautiful up top and Avery and Boston enjoyed looking in the telescopes up top so they could see things up close.

We also went to the Rock museum. Avery, Boston and I made are own music video and the kids enjoyed playing with all the different instruments.