well it was finally here. Kellan has been waiting for the day
we got to fly to Seattle! He was beyond excited and so was Mia.
They were both awesome on the plane. They did better than me!
we got our rental car and Kellan passed out
Then we headed to the ferry to go over to Bainbridge to our Beach house.
on the Seattle Ferry
checking out our place for the week. It was actually
about 5 minutes from Bainbridge in Suquamish which is actually
a Native American tribe so it was definitely interesting.
seriously gorgeous, absolutely beautiful. They say it's the rainforest of
the United States and lucky for us we were there without rain which is rare!
our 1920 beach house that was fixed up in the 1970's.
It was actually a perfect size for the 4 of us. Too many
spider webs for Rick but it was comfortable and had a jacuzzi
and a fun yard. We were also surrounded by really big cabins..
bunk beds
beautiful!
super cute kitchen
it's so funny because in the morning the tide would be out and there
was a sea of sooo many sea creatures. Mia can never find a sand dollar
in California and there were thousands.. she was so happy. She got one for all her
cousins. There were sea erchants everywhere and clams spraying us, the kids got to
discover every morning.
look at the sand dollars!!
tons of crab too
we went in town and had lunch, did the candy shop and walked around a
cute little used book store where they both got books to read for the week.
I love Kellan's face in this pic!
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they had two kayaks but they were singles so I crammed Kellan in with me
but Mia didn't want to go alone and I couldn't blame her. It was the ocean and
it got a little crazy in the afternoon..
we loved the jacuzzi
Mia looking for whales and seals
my view before my runs every day!
everyone told us to go to Indianola days where there
was a sand castle contest and a festival well the sand castles
were AMAZING.
the festival was pretty much one tiny tent set up so we stayed
for awhile and then drove to a Naval Submarine place
kids got to explore the submarines
then we found more beaches but they weren't use to the rocks or the seaweed :)
pics from the balcony
mom what is this? we went to a cute town called
Poulsbo and I loved it..
so the sun was up at about 5 am and didn't set until 10:30!
We blacked out the kids' room but it was sooo bright!!
we headed into Seattle a few days and went to the
Seattle Aquariam
this was our favorite. They each got their own crab and it was adorable
we went to lunch with Fitzimmons and it was
so nice to see them. This was the first time they got to meet the kids :)
Pike's place to get salmon for dinner
of course the gum wall
back to the cottage in the jacuzzi
Smores by the fire
we did take a family canoe trip- that was an adventure :)
back on the ferry day 2 Seattle
in our Seahawks gear
Seattle Center: Space Needle, Awesome playground,
Coolest Children's museum!!
it was so cool! They had a bunch of different rooms in different countries.
It was an awesome museum!
and we found a beach in Seattle with white
sand Alki beach.
Kellan said bye mom I'm going to find friends!
And he did! They were even doing push up competitions on the sand.
we walked along the shore to Suquamish
to eat breakfast at a really yummy place.
exploring
the last day we found another amazing beach at a place
called Point no Point. It had a light house too.
I didn't know it also had sand fleas so I spent my last night with Benedryl
and itching and huge bumps alllll over my legs. Fun stuff!
we told the kids if they were really good they
could get something at the toy store at the end of the
week! It was a fun trip. Lots of exploring, finding new
places and new creatures and hanging out : )
We got back to more cousins! They were here all
week so we only got to see them for a day but we fit in
all the fun we could!
and we even did a sleepover! Rick had it under control and they slept til 8 am!
It was super fun and the boys playing police officers all day.
We can't wait to see them again!
