Thursday, September 19, 2013

Washington Trip

This year for our family trip we decided to go to Washington to visit Brian's brother Chad and his family.  We left at 4 in the morning hoping that the kids would sleep....well some of them were too excited to sleep.  We arrived at Boise at 8 am to eat Breakfast.
Driving out...Jaxon did very well on the long drive

There were windmills everywhere
Visiting Seattle
I have never been to Seattle before.  I was very surprised how much vegetation there is everywhere, and I wasn't expecting all the hills we had to walk up.  
This huge statue's arm moves up and down as he hammers.

The famous Gum Wall....it was stinky

Street musicanis




Chad tried to photo bomb it but was a little late :)


I love Jaxon's handles.
 Every time Brian would put Jaxon an his shoulders he would hold onto Brian's ears


Street art

Really cool street magician

We saw lots of jellyfish and a starfish in the water

It would have been cool to take a tour on one of these
 Visiting Snoquamie Falls 



Snoquamie Peak from Chad's house

So tired he is sleeping halfway off the bed

Visiting the elementary school playground.
We enjoyed a break from our walk on our way to the grocery store.
We were able to pick lots of wild blackberries
 Visiting the ocean
It was kind of stormy the only day we decided to drive 2 hours to the ocean beach.  It was still fun though.
Brian caught a crab on the beach

He let it go 
Jaxon loved playing in the sand

Checking out the water

It was really COLD!

Finding seashells and sand dollars


The seagulls decided to hangout with us, which was fine, until.....

A dog scared them!! Look out!!




Autumn really wanted to make a sandcastle.  At first only daddy would help
(no on else wanted to get their fingers dirty)

But after seeing how much fun we were having, more joined in on the fun

We decided to make a mermaid instead.

Good job!

She even has a seashell bra :)

Heading back to North Bend...everyone was tired
You Pick

Jaxon kept trying to grab some

Brookie and Bryson were the only ones to come with us.
Everyone else wanted to stay back and play video games..
what fun is that?



Still trying....

So daddy handed him one...

Mmmmmmm


Going back for more....

Got some!!

Such a beautiful place


Heading to find more sea life :)


Jaxon kept himself entertained by throwing rocks

Tyler caught a crab

Hunter thought it was pretty stinky down there and hung out on the rocks




Seatte


So much for a group shot :)

A little better.... Hunter decided he was tired and wanted to stay in the car :)


Jaxon got a little bored on the way back...so he started to make funny faces...

And got a little hungry...


He decided to suck on his toe
 Dance Off!!
The kids were playing the XBOX Kinect game JustDance4. So everyone decided to join in on some fun and lots of laughter.  It was dark in the room so my puctures aren't great, kind of blurry, but still fun to look at :)





Heading Home
Everyone was sad that it was time to go home...we also weren't looking forward to the long drive.  We decided to stay in Boise that night.  Since Ryan and his family live there we invited them over for a swim at the hotel.  I wasn't going to be able to see them that Sunday for the baby blessing so this was a great way to see everybody.
Ryan, Bennett, and Heather


Baby Eden





Showing off her flipping capabilities :)



SPLASH!!

Brooklyn wanted to also



It was a great trip.  But it was also nice to get home.  The kids can't wait to do it again :)

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