The beginning of August we had some major warranty work done on our home so we had to leave the house. Jeff stayed at his sister's home and I decided that I wanted to go somewhere fun so I took a road trip with the kids to go see my Aunt, Uncle and cousins in Seattle. I've never been to Seattle and I love it there. It is so green and beautiful the kids had a blast and it was so fun to be with family. The trip took about 13 hours I stopped in Boise on the way there and on the way back. My cousin David and his wife Hailey let us crash at their place in Boise. Hailey gave me a tour of Boise and it's so cute I loved downtown Boise. So a week in Seattle was great the pictures are out of order from our agenda but we shopped, hiked, ate, swam, road a ferry and had a ball..... oh we even got a private concert from my talented cousin Ray. Every morning the kids and I had so much fun picking wild raspberries and huckleberries. We even made huckleberry pancakes. They just grow everywhere and you don't need to water!!!! Anyways lots of pictures below but we had a great time and can I just say I love my kids they are so much fun to be with and they do so good in the car. I feel so lucky! Oh and for all you twilight readers no I did not see any vampires or werewolves but see below for a twilight plug in :)
The Kirkland side of Lake Washington. Kirkland is so cute and Lake Washington is so beautiful
Kids getting dizzy on the tire swing
Ashley in the lake
Madeline and Elise on the docks
So pretty I would love to live here and I was looking at homes on Lake Washington and then I remembered I'm not Bill Gates and Jeff is not a Microsoft executive so I don't think it's going to happen.
my cousin Ray - thanks for playing for us and hanging with us!
My aunt took us to this Gelato Cafe right around the corner from Pike Market it is so good!
The kids were spoiled by my aunt Cindy who not only let them have what ever they wanted for breakfast but they got to make it too.
On the Ferry ride
Cute ice cream store on Bainbridge Island
my Aunt treated us to the Seattle Aquarium
Elise and Ashley
Love this Market look at all these flowers, 5 bucks for a bouquet!
Tyler, Ray, Elise, Madeline, Aunt Cindy and Ashley
Ashely watching the Jelly fish
Tyler my cute Jelly fish
Elise and I being attacked by an octopus
Madeline and Ashley with the octopus
The best fish and chips at Ivar's
The kids and I
fun tide pools
We hiked 2 miles to Wallace Falls. It was so pretty and so green.
The top of the falls are in this photo. They are so pretty.
My Uncle Bill and Aunt Cindy with the kids
So if you go off the trail this is what the area looks like I love all the ferns. Anyways I was like so this is why Bella kept falling when Edward took her to the meadow because they were not on a trail. So that's my twilight plug in!
