Our summer vacation was in June, this year. We were sceptical of the weather, but it turned out to be quite nice. At the very begining of our trip, we stayed at the Silver Cloud Inn, just outside Safeco Field. Our room had an incredible view, and so did the hotel rooftop, which also had a fun swimming pool.
We were there for the Rock 'n Roll run. Daddy and Papa planned to run, but Daddy had an injury. Papa did great, he beat his best time!
The night before the run, a guy who was staying in our hotel blew out 40 candles on his birthday cake, in his hotel room. Have you ever been evacuated from a hotel? It wasn't very fun, but Charlie thought it was funny (after the fact). He wished the guy a happy birthday, while Adam said, "You scawed the cwap out of us!"
We proudly waited for Papa on the street near the finish line. We were so excited when we saw him coming!
The best part of our trip was spending time with our cousins, including meeting little baby Eva for the first time. We had fun making tissue paper pom poms!
The whole reason I started knitting was for teddy bears. I thought knitted teddy bears were SO cute! I knitted baby Eva's bear with a lot of love!
Another fun activity we did with our cousins was growing dinasaurs. You put the eggs in water, then over a period of a few days, you watch them hatch.
We also enjoyed Ray's Boathouse Cafe, with it's beautiful view, and a trip to the children's museum, with our cousins.
Grandma Toni always enjoys a visit from the boys. We took cupcakes for Suzie's birthday. Charlie and Adam are very lucky to have two Great-Grandmothers still living!
Another fun activity was the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The walrus tank was really cool. You can see that they would swim right down in front of us.
The biggest hilight of our trip was finding out that we have another baby on the way. I couldn't figure out why I was getting car sick.....needless to say, inspite of the first trimester nausea, we have been SO excited! Our next summer vacation will have a new twist!
